open source models
also referred to as: open source model · open-source models
7 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 1, 2023 by Aravind Srinivas · across every show →
Everything said about open source models, oldest first
Nov 1, 2023 negative
Nov 1, 2023 neutral
Perplexity CEO: Perplexity won't train open-source models, will serve them
“We are not the ones building these open source models because that requires a lot more capital. But we want to, like, make sure anybody can access them easily. So we are democratizing the access to them through our APIs, through our labs, and, like, you can co…”
Nov 1, 2023 bearish
Srinivas: Self-hosting open-source LLMs is more expensive than closed-source APIs
“Even if there exists a checkpoint today, that's as good as the close models. It's still not an incentive to use them and serve them yourself because you're going to burn more money than paying for the close ones because the close ones are being served in such …”
Jan 16, 2025
Open-source AI developers lack usage visibility to ensure model safety
“Open source model developers try their best to make the models, like, safe as well, right? But they also have less visibilities into how the open source models are being used. So which gives them like less information for them to like make the model safe.”
Apr 17, 2025 positive
Aug 6, 2026 positive
Wolf: Local Hosting of Open-Source Models Drives AI Sovereignty
“In OpenSoup Mobile, you can download it. Nobody can, like no country could take it out from you once you download it. You can find it yourself. If you operate it on, on your data center, like local ground data center, I feel like you start to have the beginnin…”