[jijji]

competition in this space is great, especially with open models/weights. I think the answer is not closed source models. Similar to the Unix versus Linux situation in the 1990's, open source wins out. Yesterdays story about how OpenAI has now began encrypting traffic between model and agent [0], this story brings a breath of fresh air. There is nothing "Open" about hiding the communication between model and agent, especially with software that is running within a trusted environment/network. It needs to be more transparent, not less.

[0] https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/openai-hide...

[AlexCoventry]

Open Source won out because the cost of compute fell through the floor. I'm not sure whether we're going to see a similar dynamic play out this time, although I would greatly prefer it to.

[jijji]

cost of compute, also the less likelyhood of underhanded tactics or vendor lock-in