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Comment by Anjney Midha
a16z general partner
Open source is the heart of software innovation and this bill slows it down.
AI Verified
source
(2024)
3mo ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
AI Verified
Verified. The quote is attributed to Anjney Midha (a16z General Partner). The source_url is a16z's dedicated Q&A with Midha on SB 1047, which returns HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but web search confirmed the substance of his remarks in that source/podcast: he argued open source "has been the lifeblood of innovation" and that SB 1047 would "completely kill, crush, and slow down the open-source startup ecosystem." The quote ("Open source is the heart of software innovation and this bill slows it down") is a faithful condensation of these documented statements. Author attribution is correct. The "against" vote aligns with statement 391 ("Require open source AI models to include safety benchmarks in release notes"): Midha is a leading opponent of regulation that imposes compliance burdens on open-source AI, of which requiring safety-benchmark disclosure in release notes is an instance. Year 2024 is correct and the quote remains relevant; it is kept (not deleted). Note: a genuine on-point 2026 successor quote specific to this narrow benchmark-disclosure proposal was not found in an accessible (non-X/podcast) source, so none was added.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 23min ago
replying to Anjney Midha