TECH - 'Godfather Of AI' Yann LeCun Believes Open Source AI Models Will One Day Overtake Closed Source Rivals Like OpenAI's GPT | Benzinga
‘Godfather of AI' Yann LeCun thinks that Mistral AI's successful launch of its latest large-language model has set open-source AI models on the path to overtake proprietary ones from the likes of OpenAI, Google, and others.
What Happened: LeCun, Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) chief AI scientist, thinks open-source models could drive the future of AI.
"Open source AI models are on a path to overtake proprietary models," LeCun said.
Open source AI models are on a path to overtake proprietary models. https://t.co/LPWVdjcfuD — Yann LeCun (@ylecun) December 12, 2023
He was responding to a post highlighting the recent rise in open-source AI models, with the most recent success being Mistral AI's latest model.
Mistral AI is a French company that raised $415 million in its latest funding round led by Lightspeed Venture ...