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Proton is a privacy technology company known for its privacy-focused solutions like Proton Mail and Proton VPN. It also launched the crypto wallet product Proton Wallet, which allows users to purchase, store and transfer cryptocurrencies.
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European industry and political circles question US AI giants' proposal to slow development
According to a Reuters report on September 18, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk have successively warned of AI risks and advocated for controlling the pace of development, but European businesses and officials remain clearly skeptical. Companies such as Mistral, Proton, and Black Forest Labs accuse these initiatives of aiming to consolidate the market position of U.S. tech giants. The CEO of Hugging Face also opposes slowing down, but supports establishing independent evaluators within enterprises.
YC and Other US AI Startups Jointly Oppose Restrictions on Chinese Open-Weight AI Models Like Kimi, Qwen
According to Politico, nearly 200 Silicon Valley companies, including Proton, Y Combinator, and others, wrote to the Trump administration opposing restrictions on U.S. companies' access to Chinese open-weight AI models. The letter was initiated by the newly formed "Small Tech Association," with recipients including Trump, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios.