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by julianeon 1343 days ago
We should make a distinction here between legacy and non legacy. For legacy code closed source is dominant.

But we’re seeing a success story for open source on a scale almost never seen before when it comes to AI.

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Are we? Most AI models that people know about are proprietary, with some (Google's) so proprietary they won't even provide API access to them.

Yes, Stability AI is doing great stuff with making this tech freely available for now, but it's not clear how sustainable that is in the absence of large VC funds. The players with the bigger more stable budgets are going the proprietary route.