Meta was one of the few US companies doing Open-Source AI, now they're stopping it. (qz.com)

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[-] evenglow@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

Open models — which are free to download, modify and integrate by developers — make it easier for start-ups to create products and researchers to improve them. Widespread adoption will confer outsized influence over AI’s future.

China wants AI more than money. USA wants money more than AI. Long term plan vs short term plan.

[-] Lugh@futurology.today 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's obvious to see why this is happening.

US AI is concentrated in a few super-large players with closed systems chasing AGI. Chinese AI is free to use by the world's developers for today's real world applications of AI. Chinese AI is even starting to become the default in the US among Silicon Valley start-ups.

Around the world, tens of thousands of businesses are going to want their own AI systems & they'll build that on top of open-source foundations.