Closed Source
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O'Driscoll: Impossible for a fourth closed-source AI player to catch up
“It's almost impossible for a number four to a same business model, closed source number four to emerge and catch up at this point.”
AI reverse-engineering will make all software effectively open source
“I'm hearing that they can reverse engineer any software binary. And so like software is no longer open Closed source. All software will be open source going forward because you can just rip open any binary and reconstruct the software.”
Pliny: Locking down proprietary models fails because attackers switch to open source
“I think that any, you know, seasoned attacker is going to very quickly just switch models and with open source, just right on the tail of closed source. I don't really see the safety fight as being about locking down the latent space for XYZ area.”
Midha: Open-source and closed-source AI are distinct commercial markets
“Closed source and open source are not just differences in technology, but completely different markets altogether. They serve different types of customers. And so, and I think if you believe AI is this sort of explosive new platform shift, then there'll be win…”
Delangue: Open-source AI leads closed-source in most text applications
“Open source is actually heads of, closed source for most of the text applications today, especially when you have, like, a very specific, narrow use case.”
Huang: AI should embrace both open and closed source models
“It is, I believe wrong-minded to be closed versus open. It should be closed and open.”
Tavel: Frontier AI models currently require closed-source architectures
“Right now it feels like if you need a model that's on the frontier, you're going to be closed source.”
Tavel: Frontier AI models will remain closed source unless Meta shifts market
“If you want a model that's on the frontier, that's going to be closed source. Now, look, every, as I mentioned, every month it feels different with what Meta's doing with Llama, that may actually fundamentally change the game. If Meta is willing to make that h…”