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Desperation? How so? The cynical late-stage-capitalism argument for releasing an open source model is for PR/goodwill and hoping for the chance the model becom
by minimaxir 2y ago
Desperation? How so?
The cynical late-stage-capitalism argument for releasing an open source model is for PR/goodwill and hoping for the chance the model becomes a foundation model in the OSS community. But OpenAI definitely isn't operating around good PR and the chance of releasing a foundation model is unlikely given the competition.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoOrgs and individuals are chasing sentiment to cash out while valuations are inflated (there has been some expectation deflation, see Microsoft terming datacenter leases and the CoreWeave IPO fizzle), but open models are still welcome (democratization).
- turnsout 2y agoDesperation because they face an existential risk from trillion dollar companies (and others) creating open models that are starting to catch up to their flagship.