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Yann LeCun explains why Meta open-sources its models: they don't need to sell them. Unlike closed AI labs, Meta's revenue comes from products built on top - ads, engagement, network effects. The more open the model, the stronger the moat.

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vitrupo1 year ago

Meta's Yann LeCun on AI Inside Podcast:

Rainmaker2 years ago

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Teemu Määttä1 year ago

DeepSeek is better example of a company open sourcing, because it is actually open source. How a model can be open source, yet not openly available in EU?

Nosaj1 year ago

that and no one would want to buy their models

Kirk Patrick Miller1 year ago

I don’t like him. Maybe he can explain why META has to fudge data. •

Tsukuyomi1 year ago

open-source models? sounds like a way to keep the competition in the dark. meta's playing chess while others are stuck at checkers. let's hope that moat isn't just a fancy name for a sinking ship.

ⓧaugmntd 🛞 Xakubio1 year ago

😆😆😆😆

Richard Thermo1 year ago

A good reason why Google should open source.

Think_Different_1 year ago

Llama-4 was a total failure.

Paul Yaw1 year ago

I prefer the way that I'm treated when I'm the customer, not the bait.

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