Open Models, Open Future: Who Should Control the World's Most Powerful Technology?

The most transformative technology of our generation is being built behind closed doors by a handful of companies. Meanwhile, China is flooding the world with open models that are rapidly becoming the global default. Joe Spisak, of Reflection AI, argues that frontier AI should be developed openly, accountably, and without concentrated control. This conversation will explore why the choice between closed Western labs and Chinese open models is a false one, and what it will actually take to build superintelligence that belongs to everyone.