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    Meta's chief AI scientist says DeepSeek's success shows that 'open source models are surpassing proprietary ones'
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    Meta’s chief AI scientist says DeepSeek’s success shows that ‘open source models are surpassing proprietary ones’

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    1. Gari_305 on

      From the article

      >For Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, the biggest takeaway from DeepSeek’s success was not the heightened threat posed by Chinese competition but the value of keeping [AI models open source](https://www.businessinsider.com/china-startup-deepseek-openai-america-ai-2025-1) so that anyone can benefit.

      >It’s not that China’s AI is “surpassing the US,” but rather that “open source models are surpassing proprietary ones,” LeCun said in a post on Threads.

      >DeepSeek’s R1 is itself open source, as is Meta’s Llama. OpenAI, which was originally founded as an open-source AI company with a mission to create technology that benefits all of humanity, has on the other hand more recently shifted to closed-source.

      >LeCun said DeepSeek has “profited from open research and open source.”

      >”They came up with new ideas and built them on top of other people’s work. Because their work is published and open source, everyone can profit from it,” LeCun said. “That is the power of open research and open source.”

    4. Alternative-End-8888 on

      Hard to believe Chinese I.P. as breakthrough is Open Source, definitely a Sputnik Moment on USA..

      Moreso than these hypersonic or sixth gen Hollywood productions of China propaganda.

    7. 2roK on

      Excuse me? I thought we agreed that the AI world dominance should go to Muskrat, Bezos and Robotberg?

    8. dustofdeath on

      Because open models do not have to follow some sanitized safety rules.

      So they are more open if anyone can train them on any content (which can also be bad).

      A model that is supposed to generate accurate humans. Can’t be accurate if it is censored because of nudity – it lacks accurate anatomical data.