Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan stated at the company's annual Demo Day that he believes in a "laissez-faire" approach to the issue of AI model "distillation." He suggested that regulators should focus on striking a balance between open-weight models and frontier models. He also called for a more restrained approach to AI safety, emphasizing the need to focus on "scientific facts" rather than "science fiction" risks. Previously, Anthropic and OpenAI had accused several Chinese companies of model distillation.