Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Snubs OpenAI and Anthropic
This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open vs. closed source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy, and how to stop your chatbot logs from showing up in search engine results.
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Nvidia launched an alliance to promote open source AI security that includes companies like Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir, but notably excludes OpenAI and Anthropic. The split between these major AI players reflects broader tensions in the industry over open versus closed source approaches to AI development. The alliance's formation and these exclusions have implications for how the industry approaches AI security and policy moving forward.
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