I signed this open letter to President Biden to argue that Executive Orders and regulations of AI should promote open source AI platforms, and certainly not hinder them. Signed by execs from Meta, HF, Mistral, Shopify… as well as a number of prominent execs from the VC world.
BIG TECH
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Open-Source AI Models Trending Beyond Big Tech Companies
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The current 7 best trending models on @huggingface are NOT from BIG TECH! Let’s build a more inclusive future where all orgs, non-profits, academia, startups, small and big companies, from all over the world can build AI versus just use AI. That’s the power of open-source and
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YouTube Creator Program and Premium Subscription Value
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I've heard good things about their creator program – YouTube seems to be doing a bunch of things right. I happily pay for Premium.
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AI Transparency Essential for Effective Regulation Accountability
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In a new @FinancialTimes op-ed, HAI International Policy Fellow @MarietjeSchaake says transparency from AI companies is necessary for effective AI regulation. “Transparency isn’t just an important ideal. It is essential to successful AI accountability.”
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Bing Search Engine Usage Trends and Continuous Adoption
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We Bing-ed yesterday, we Bing-ed today, we will Bing tomorrow
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Google supports National Quantum Initiative Act reauthorization
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Google supports the reauthorization of the National Quantum Initiative Act — this effort is critical in advancing quantum computing and its ability to address some of the world's most pressing challenges. ↓
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Thomson Reuters invests over $100M annually in generative AI
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'Additional investment of more than $100 million per year in generative AI' https://
thomsonreuters.com/en/press-relea
ses/2023/november/thomson-reuters-unveils-generative-ai-strategy-designed-to-transform-the-future-of-professionals.html
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Open-Source AI as Essential Counterbalance to Proprietary Concentration
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IMO your points apply to non-open-source AI as well at 100x the scale (as proprietary AI is deployed massively) and open-source is the only way to keep non-open-source in check. Without it, you'll have extreme concentration of power/knowledge/secrecy with 1,000x the risk.
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YouTube’s Unmatched Market Defensibility and User Lock-in
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YouTube’s defensibility as a business is wild. People would rather uninstall software that makes their computer more convenient than stop using YouTube.
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Email reveals poor product decision-making in AI products
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This email: such a short, eventful minefield of bad product decisionmaking.