AI Luminaries Make Case for Open Source AI
A statement supporting open source AI from Mozilla was signed by 150 AI luminaries and experts
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At a Glance
- AI stars like Meta's Yann LeCun and Google Brain's Andrew Ng advocate for open source AI as nation's consider AI regulation.
- They are among the 150 signatories to a statement that says "openness is an antidote, not a poison."
- The statement comes as heads of state, AI leaders and experts convene in the U.K. to discuss AI safety and regulations.
Amid a week of discussions on AI safety and regulation, a group of AI luminaries advocated for open source AI, saying “openness is an antidote, not a poison.”
The likes of Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, Google Brain co-founder Andrew Ng, Hugging Face co-founder Julien Chaumond and France’s Digital Affairs minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, signed on to the joint statement penned by Mozilla, a free software community behind the Firefox browser.