Mark Zuckerberg promotes a positive view of AI and advocates for an open-source strategy to counter China.
Meta’s Vision for AI and Competition with China Despite ongoing fears surrounding artificial intelligence, Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is striving to convey an optimistic perspective about the technology. He recently unveiled a manifesto, urging the U.S. government to create a more favorable environment for American open-source developers to enhance their competitiveness against Chinese counterparts. In […]
Open-source AI is presented as liberation. What’s actually inside?
Powerful Language Models Released for Public Use The most notable large-scale language models that are currently available for public download include: Evaluation of Artificial Analytics Intelligence Index, GLM-5.2, MiniMax-M3, DeepSeek V4 Pro, and Kim K2.6. Intriguingly, all these models originate from China. They have emerged from well-funded labs and are distributed under permissive licenses, suggesting […]
Berkeley introduces a lightweight open-source human-like robot
Creating open-source humanoid robots has often felt like a lofty goal for many, primarily because of their high costs and intricate systems. While robotics has seen impressive advancements in various sectors like automation and healthcare, designing robots that are accessible remains a challenge—especially for students, hobbyists, and small research teams. Most humanoid robots tend to […]
Chinese app DeepSeek hammers US tech stocks with cheaper open-source AI model
Lou Basenese, a Basenese Group CEO and Chief Strategist, talks about the Trump administration launching the Special Committee and the future of Tiktok as the president has signed a postponement of 75 days. China's AI startup company Deepseek is attracting attention in Silicon Valley, almost comparable to the function of chatbots such as Openai's ChatGpt, […]
Jon Stewart on tech moguls at Trump inauguration: 'Are we just open-source Illuminati now?'
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday criticized the appearance of tech industry titans at President Trump's inauguration. “Yes, instead of a seat normally reserved for a Democratic or Republican governor, we're going to give Zack, Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon, Tic Tac guy, Google guy, maybe 20 percent of the world's wealth and your fortune. There were […]
US leadership in AI requires open-source diplomacy
When venture capitalist David Sachs becomes the Trump administration's AI “czar,” he will face a thorny problem: Despite U.S. restrictions on chips and capital, China will continue to develop are Competent AI model — and share them openly. The model is the inference engine that powers tools like ChatGPT. Once released openly, developers are free […]