David Sacks: Opposes using regulatory uncertainty to suppress open-source AI, warning that an AI duopoly is seeking to eliminate competition

Mars Finance news: David Sacks, chairman of the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, said in a post on X that using regulatory uncertainty as a competitive tool is “completely unacceptable.” Regulatory decisions should be based on facts, logic, and evidence—not deliberately manufacturing fear and uncertainty (FUD). He said he is unsure whether Venture Capitalist and AI policy researcher Dean Ball is acknowledging a “regulatory capture” strategy or merely predicting that such a thing will happen, but in any case, the approach of issuing “soft law” warnings through regulators, creating market panic, and thereby forcing regulated companies away from Chinese open-source models should not be accepted.

David Sacks noted that Dean Ball believes there is no need to directly ban Chinese open-source models; it is enough to guide regulators to issue relevant warnings, which can influence companies’ decisions by creating enough doubts and uncertainty, and that these rationales “don’t even need to be very well supported.” Any regulatory decision must have a solid basis, rather than effectively implementing policy by “manufacturing suspicion.” He warned that bypassing open public-argument procedures would not only erode the foundations of the rule of law, but could also open the door to future regulatory abuse targeting any company or individual.

David Sacks further said that current AI policy is at a critical turning point. At the level of AI model revenue, top closed-source labs have already formed a duopoly, and they are trying to use government power to eliminate open-source competitors, while calling on other Silicon Valley companies and developers that still support open competition to clearly take a stand together to uphold an open ecosystem in the AI field.