Open Source is needed for AI to become not just functionally reliable but Good. Many of the general benefits to open source also apply for LLMs. Open source speeds up AI adoption and development, transparency help combat bias.
There are hundreds of open source licenses, based on the idea of free (as in liberty) software. I gave a presentation for the UTU course Intellectual Property Rights and Research examining open source licenses. Too long; didn’t read Short summary…
While open source is often regarded synonymous with free (as in freedom), this is not always the case. Some Mastodon clients have implemented censorship in the way of hard-coded domain blocking, by forwarding Gab users to a RickRoll video instead…