Mayya: Proprietary AI models have no defensible moat against open source
Varun Mayya · Ep #4 | WTF is ChatGPT: Heaven or Hell? | w/ Nikhil, Varun Mayya, Tanmay, Umang & Aprameya · Nikhil Kamath · May 14, 2023 · at 54:37
AI founder Varun Mayya explains open-source model dissemination and fine-tuning dynamics on Nikhil Kamath's podcast.
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“You can, you don't need, like, there's no moat. There's no moat. Like, and I'm telling you all these open source models are just there. You can go download them anytime you want.”
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