open source AI
6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement May 15, 2023 by Yann LeCun · across every show →
Everything said about open source AI, oldest first
May 15, 2023 bullish
LeCun: Public will reject proprietary AI and demand open-source infrastructure
“They would be so pervasive, so much will ride on, on those systems that I don't think anyone will accept that those assistant being behind Event Horizon in a private company, they will insist that the infrastructure is open.”
Aug 31, 2023 neutral
Shazeer: Open and Closed AI Ecosystems Will Continue to Coexist
“As there has been, there will be a big ecosystem of open and closed of, you know, People who aren't sharing their secret sauce with, and people who are sharing all of their secret sauce and the ability to mess around with things at a small scale is going to le…”
Apr 29, 2024 positive
Mensch: Developers prefer customizing open-source models over proprietary APIs
“This open source part was, I believe, a good enabler for the community and made people realize that they could build very interesting technology by modifying the models themselves instead of depending on the APIs of a couple of providers.”
Jul 28, 2025 neutral
Casado: The AI Playbook Is Open-Sourcing Small Models While Keeping Advanced Closed
“The standard model of open sourcing AI is you open source the smaller model and you keep the more capable model closed source. And it's a way that you get distribution and ran brand recognition, but you don't actually erode your business.”
Sep 5, 2025 neutral
Alex Schultz: Meta may reconsider open-sourcing extreme AI capabilities
“We've said that when it gets to the cutting edge, like the absolute cutting edge, the bleeding edge, There, we don't think you should be necessarily releasing open source, and we'll think about that. So I think at the most extreme capabilities, I don't know th…”
Jun 20, 2026
Petersen: Frontier AI is required for coding, wasteful for basic workflow automation
“For our coding agents and, like, for actually developing product, we probably always want the frontier model, but if you're just, Automating a workflow. If the open source one that's basically free can automate it, then I don't, there's diminishing returns to …”