Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an MIT Senior Fellow & Lecturer, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI A big debate about open versus closed AI systems is shaping ...

If the term “open-weight language model” doesn’t mean anything to you, fear not—we’ll explain exactly what that means in a moment. But first, here’s why this release matters: For large organizations ...

OpenAI is looking to experiment with a more “open” strategy, detailing its plans to release its first “open-weights” model to the developer community later this year. The company has created a ...

A spirited debate is taking place over the regulation of open foundation models—artificial intelligence models whose underlying architectures and parameters are made public and can be inspected, ...

Artificial intelligence is in an arms race of scale with bigger models, more parameters and more compute driving competing announcements that seem to come out on a daily basis. AI foundation model ...

Recently, a leaked document, allegedly from Google, claimed that open-source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI. The leak brought to the fore ongoing conversations in the AI community about how an ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said the company plans to release an open source model more capable than any currently available. While he acknowledged the likelihood of it being used in ways some may ...

“Open” AI models have a lot to give. The practice of sharing source code with the public spurs innovation and democratizes AI as a tool. Or so the story goes. A new analysis in Nature puts a twist on ...