The open-source AI boom is precarious because it is built on top of giant models like LLaMA and GPT-3, and could collapse if Meta and OpenAI decide to shut shop
Greater access to the code behind generative models is fueling innovation. But if top companies get spooked, they could close up shop.
MIT Technology Review Will Douglas Heaven
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@joehas
Joe Haslam
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“All that could change. OpenAI is already reversing its previous open policy because of competition fears. And Meta may start wanting to curb the risk that upstarts will do unpleasant things with its open-source code.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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@mattrogerson
Matt Rogerson
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This is really good by @strwbilly. The fate of this boom rests in familiar hands. Everything has changed, nothing has changed! The open-source AI boom is built on Big Tech's handouts. How long will it last? https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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@fabiochiusi
Fabio Chiusi
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“If the trend toward closing down access continues, then not only will the open-source crowd be cut adrift—but the next generation of AI breakthroughs will be entirely back in the hands of the biggest, richest AI labs in the world” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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@csooran
Chand Sooran
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OpenAI is now ClosedAI. What does this mean for the future development of open-source Transformers models? https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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@maxvonthun
Max von Thun
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Despite what Google's ‘leaked’ memo would have you think, this incisive piece by @strwbilly shows how most ‘open-source’ AI is built atop a handful of centralised models - and why access to those is likely to quickly narrow. https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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@alanlau999
Alan Lau
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So @OpenAI wont be open anymore? Smell like #BigTech monopolies all over again. AI will determine how info (and our world) is organised. Scary to think it's left in the hands of a few again https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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@workmj
Michael Jackson
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“If the trend toward closing down access continues, then not only will the open-source crowd be cut adrift—but the next generation of AI breakthroughs will be entirely back in the hands of the biggest, richest AI labs in the world.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
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@iethics
@iethics
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“How one thinks about the impact of big #tech firms' shutting down access, and the impact that will have on #opensource, depends a lot on what you think about how #AI should be made and who should make it”: https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... #ethics #tech #business #research #…
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@techreview
@techreview
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The future of how AI is made and used is at a crossroads. https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...