White House tech strategy leaves open-weight AI off its critical list

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By Alina Maria StanAug 20, 2026, 9:38 am68 ptsTrending
The White House has published a new National Security Science and Technology strategy. It names 15 critical technology areas the United States intends to lead. Artificial intelligence and autonomy is one of them, with 12 subfields listed underneath. Open-weight AI is not among them. Neither open weights nor…

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