Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”

📢NEW PAPER! Where @davidthewid, @sarahbmyers & I unpack what Open Source AI even is. We find that the terms ‘open’ & ‘open source’ are often more marketing than technical descriptor, and that even the most 'open' systems don't alone democratize AI 1/ https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4543807... See more

The challenge for the open movement is already clear: build an alternative to corporate, closed machine learning systems. And to protect the commons from exploitation by these systems.

AI has the ability to completely undermine the trust and utility Google has built with users. They have a strong incentive to control its appearance in search.

It’s clear as day. They have no intelligence edge, and they are pivoting. https://t.co/i5z7fMBNRL