First, it’s important to understand the different model structures — closed source, open source and its many variations — at least at a high level. Because such details get murky fast.

Regulators, start-ups and Big Tech are split into two camps in the open versus closed source artificial intelligence debate, where safety and profit take precedence. The battle between generative ...

As a part of TC's ongoing AI survey series, we spoke to a group of five investors about the pros and cons of open-source AI business models.

Open-source offers great potential for flexibility and customization, but businesses that lack the capability to deploy it might find closed-source tools to be a better fit.

Ai2 released Tülu 3, a model that makes fine-tuning open-source LLMs easier and get its performance closer to closed LLMs like GPT-4o.

Open source AI vs. closed AI. Another important factor to consider when choosing an AI strategy is whether to train AI using an open source AI or a closed AI model. While open source AI is pre-trained ...

Since 2020, private open-source AI model developers have “attracted $14.9B in venture funding, while closed-source developers have secured $37.5B — reflecting different bets on how AI ...

Many firms are misusing the ‘open source’ label. The scientific community, which relies on transparency and replicability, must resist this trend.

This is one plus that Imran Khan, head of TD Invent at TD Bank Group, recognizes. The Toronto, Canada-based bank, which has $2 trillion of assets in Canadian dollars, is piloting two use cases using ...

“Most of the world’s software is still closed source,” Whitacre added. “Kubernetes is open source, but Google Search is closed. React is open source, but Facebook Newsfeed is close ...