Musk Says ‘Nothing Can Shut Down Open Source’ as Dorsey Echoes Support

The exchange matters less as a policy argument than as positioning: two of tech's most visible figures are framing open-source AI as something regulation cannot contain, which pushes the debate toward whether rules should target training or deployment instead. It signals that the open-source camp intends to fight proposed US AI rules publicly rather than negotiate quietly, and that its preferred framing is competition and permissionless access. Whether that pressure actually shapes the legislation, or just the discourse around it, is the open question.