Translated data: The AI organization LAION and leading AI developers have suggested in an open letter to the EU that regulatory efforts in the AI field should encourage the use of open-source AI models to support transparency, safety, and innovation, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. LAION believes that open-source AI models offer greater security, accountability, replicability, and robustness. Additionally, LAION has introduced OpenLM, a PyTorch codebase for efficiently training medium-sized language models, which outperforms similar open-source models. Overall, LAION calls on EU regulatory efforts to encourage the application of open-source AI models.