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This is about open source and public funded AI, not about startups or tech sector in general.

• marginalia_nu 3y ago
  It's still pertinent. As the article notes, EU regulation suffocates open source work as well. And in many ways, the reason why so much of this stuff gets run as open source projects in Europe is because running it as a business wouldn't be economically viable.
  • imjonse 3y ago
    Lucky for us, otherwise instead of the free/open source software of the past decades we'd only have open core and similarly crippled offerings only :) More seriously, the motivations behind open source projects and startups are completely different, it's just the end result being software makes them seem interchangeable. Open source software should be a public service and receive public funding ideally like most infrastructure that is essential for civilization.
    • marginalia_nu 3y ago
      In terms of putting food on the table, it doesn't really matter how you run it. If you're accepting donations or charging customers, you still gotta pay your taxes.
• AlanYx 3y ago
  This article focuses on the impact of the EU AI Act on open source AI work and research, but the act itself applies broadly to all development of AI, public and private.
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