It is certainly strategic to make their AI the most accessible platform for building with AI. Plus the reach of their social networks can put AI improvements that are made elsewhere into their own models and then into their software and to end users. If company A finds a way to use Model X, then that is more easily usable by Meta — they know the model quite well I would assume. Meta’s business thrives on free usage by billions of users, it needs people to keep using its platform to survive, and not leave the networks. Maybe Google is the nearest competitor in terms of ads business being so financially vital.
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It is certainly strategic to make their AI the most accessible platform for building with AI. Plus the reach of their social networks can put AI improvements that are made elsewhere into their own models and then into their software and to end users. If company A finds a way to use Model X, then that is more easily usable by Meta — they know the model quite well I would assume. Meta’s business thrives on free usage by billions of users, it needs people to keep using its platform to survive, and not leave the networks. Maybe Google is the nearest competitor in terms of ads business being so financially vital.