Leaked Internal Google Document claims Open Source AI will outcompete Google and OpenAI. The document is only the opinion of a Google employee, not the entire firm. We do not agree with what is written below, nor do other researchers we asked.
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What HappenedWhy We Could Have Seen It ComingWhat We MissedRetraining models from scratch is the hard pathLarge models aren’t more capable in the long run if we can iterate faster on small modelsData quality scales better than data sizeDirectly Competing With Open Source Is a Losing PropositionWe need them more than they need usIndividuals are not constrained by licenses to the same degree as corporationsBeing your own customer means you understand the use caseOwning the Ecosystem: Letting Open Source Work for UsEpilogue: What about OpenAI?Sort: