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Demis Hassabis (posted 2026-07-25) states DeepMind has long supported open-source…

2026-07-25 · 15:31 UTC ·@demishassabis ·1 min read

Brief

Demis Hassabis (25 July 2026) argues a strong, secure open AI ecosystem is vital, citing contributions such as JAX, Transformers, AlphaFold and Gemma and claiming Gemma has 300M+ downloads. He says a proposed standards framework supports responsible deployment of open and proprietary models. Jensen Huang reposted an NVIDIA letter asserting open models boost safety, innovation and sovereignty and calling for both open and closed frontiers.

Why it matters

Demis Hassabis (posted 2026-07-25) states DeepMind has long supported open-source science—listing JAX, Transformers, AlphaFold and Gemma—and claims Gemma open models have been downloaded 300M+ times.

Key details

  • Hassabis says his team has proposed a 'standards framework' designed to support responsible deployment of both open and proprietary models.
  • Jensen Huang (NVIDIA) shared a signed letter arguing open models 'strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty,' and that the world needs both frontier closed and frontier open models.
Source evidence

A strong and secure open ecosystem is important for the world to benefit from AI. We’ve always supported and contributed heavily to open source and science from Jax to Transformers to AlphaFold to Gemma open models which have now been downloaded 300M+ times. And the standards framework we’ve proposed supports responsible deployment of both open and proprietary models.

Jensen Huang (@JensenHuang)

For my first post, I’m sharing a letter @NVIDIA signed on why open models matter.

AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country.

Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.

The world needs both frontier closed models and frontier open models.

images.nvidia.com/pdf/Open-W…

— https://nitter.net/JensenHuang/status/2080643682408321103#m