This is aimed squarely at OpenAI (and to a much lesser degree, Anthropic). Google is their own worst enemy in this space precisely because they are terrified of doing anything that will cannibalize their search business and the ad market built around it.
It also makes Meta more attractive for top research talent, because researchers _really_ like to publish and get credit for their work. As OpenAI and others batten down the hatches, this could give Meta an advantage.
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This is aimed squarely at OpenAI (and to a much lesser degree, Anthropic). Google is their own worst enemy in this space precisely because they are terrified of doing anything that will cannibalize their search business and the ad market built around it.
It also makes Meta more attractive for top research talent, because researchers _really_ like to publish and get credit for their work. As OpenAI and others batten down the hatches, this could give Meta an advantage.
If so, it sounds interestingly similar to 1980s-90s IBM and its approach towards personal computers.