Canada's AI Stand: Cohere Joins Open-Weight Push as Bengio Backs Global Pacing Effort

Canadian AI powerhouse Cohere has thrown its weight behind a major open letter supporting open-weight AI models, joining forces with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia in a move that redefines who controls the future of AI. The letter, posted by Nvidia's Jensen Huang, argues that open-weight models—where parameters can be inspected and tweaked for free—strengthen competition and give customers more control. This comes amid reports that the US administration...