Why Meta Rejoined the Open Source AI Race

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Amp Co-Founder and CEO Quinn Slack explains why Meta’s return to open-source AI could put new pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic. He discusses the growing demand for cheaper AI models, competition from

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this morning that the company will open source its new AI model, Musepark 1.2, and released a new family of open source models designed to run on laptops. For more on what this could mean for the AI landscape, let's bring in Quinn Slack, co-founder and CEO at AMP. Welcome to the show, Quinn. >> Thanks. It's great to be here and big news today. >> Definitely. No, lots of big news on a Monday morning. Um, so taking a step back, obviously at one point Meta was kind of the leader for American open source AI, but you know, stopped really open sourcing its models a year ago as it fell behind in the AI race. What do you make of its recent announcement to start open sourcing its its models again? It's a great sign for everyone. And I think for every person in Ame…

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