And open-source being built on Big Tech's research and models doesn't mean it relies on them. See: the many papers published by Standford and co. which rival OpenAI's research, RedPajama (https://www.together.xyz/blog/redpajama) which rivals LLaMa. And these are built with open alternatives, there'd be more motivation without.
Big Tech has the advantage of compute and resources, but it's probable that open-source has the advantage of research. Since companies may have a few very talented individuals, but open-source has way more people and includes academia.
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Big Tech is built on open-source handouts.
And open-source being built on Big Tech's research and models doesn't mean it relies on them. See: the many papers published by Standford and co. which rival OpenAI's research, RedPajama (https://www.together.xyz/blog/redpajama) which rivals LLaMa. And these are built with open alternatives, there'd be more motivation without.
Big Tech has the advantage of compute and resources, but it's probable that open-source has the advantage of research. Since companies may have a few very talented individuals, but open-source has way more people and includes academia.