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Andrew Ng

Baidu; Stanford CS faculty; founded Coursera and Google Brain

If I were to try to give one prescription, it would be to promote openness, because AI is amazing technology and I want it to be in everyone’s hands.

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Andrew Ng, at the Ai4 conference, as reported by TechCrunch, August 12, 2026.

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Require frontier AI labs to conduct nearly all R&D publicly but keep the weights closed

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AI Verified The quote is directly about promoting openness in AI, and the TechCrunch context frames Ng as arguing for keeping AI open, so it strongly signals a stance on a public-R&D/open-access policy rather than being merely adjacent. ([tech.yahoo.com](https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/ai-safety-concerns-mount-three-175100465.html?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1mo ago

AI Verified Ng advocates openness so AI is in everyone's hands, strongly implying opposition to keeping frontier weights closed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Against: Ng’s prescription is to “promote openness” because he wants AI “to be in everyone’s hands,” and the article frames him as arguing against gatekeepers and for “keeping AI open,” which conflicts with keeping the weights closed. ([tech.yahoo.com](https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/ai-safety-concerns-mount-three-175100465.html?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1mo ago

AI Verified Ng's call for openness and AI in everyone's hands supports the recorded against answer to closed weights. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified The TechCrunch report of the Ai4 conference reproduces Andrew Ng's wording verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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