Building on open source AI? Hugging Face’s policy chief on the costs, risks, and trade-offs

Summary

TechCrunch's Equity podcast interviewed Irene Solaiman, Chief Policy Officer and SVP of Strategy at Hugging Face, about building on open source AI models. The discussion covers cost and control motivations for switching to open models, how companies capture value when models are free, and whether the U.S. can compete with Chinese open models. It also addresses how to keep an open AI ecosystem secure after recent attacks on open AI platforms.

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