… Lin says the company finally made the decision last year to focus on open source because of the helpful feedback it gets from researchers, which enables the company to iterate faster. “In this day and age, being open source or closed source is not the winning factor; the speed of iteration is,” Lin… …
… Richard Whaling, an engineer who cofounded Charlamagne Labs with Galen, says that having powerful models on the defensive side of the fence may outweigh the risks. “We rely on open source models to train our defensive model,” he tells me. “That relies on a healthy open-source community. …
… Meta was previously seen as a leader in open source AI and made its Llama models available for researchers, startups, and hobbyists to download and customize. “Looking ahead, we plan to release increasingly advanced models that push the frontier of intelligence and capabilities, including new open … …
… The vast majority of Nvidia's investment will be for open source models, says Bryan Catanzaro, VP of applied deep learning research at Nvidia. …
… Raising awareness about the urgency of the issue and the reality of what it takes to secure software in the age of advanced AI vulnerability hunting, both in terms of resources and time, is crucial to getting all hands on deck for open source, Holley says. “I've talked to engineering leaders at ver… …
… OpenAI says that the initiative fits into its broader security efforts, including an application security AI agent launched last month known as Codex Security, a cybersecurity grants program that began in 2023, a recent donation to the Linux Foundation to support open source security, and the “Prep… …
… In 2022, they were hired by Stability AI and released Stable Diffusion, a popular open source AI image generator based on their prior research. …
… Today, it is available as an API that researchers and engineers can use to fine-tune open source models. …
… Today, I can announce that we have the answer.” This answer takes the form of an open source app that any private company can repurpose, as long as it complies with European privacy standards and offers the same technical solution throughout the European Union. …
… OpenAI’s vice president of science and former chief product officer, Kevin Weil, also showed up on stage alongside Haas. “One of the most common things I hear inside of OpenAI: ‘I need more compute,’” Weil said. “It’s kind of the coin of the realm.” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Amazon senior vice presi… …