- <a href="https://businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company would deliver AI models, “including open source,” to billions.
- On Monday, Meta released Muse Glimmer, an open-weight AI model.
- Many in tech were thrilled that the social network is returning to open models.
On Monday, much of the tech world was thrilled that Meta returned to open models with the release of Muse Glimmer.
On top of that announcement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his views on the future of AI in a more than 6,500-word essay. Zuckerberg made the case for open models and a broader belief in granting society access to powerful AI, rather than letting companies limit access by imposing their own safeguards.
The news marks a major moment for Meta, which is widely viewed as lagging behind OpenAI and Anthropic in the frontier race.
Here’s what everyone from Yann LeCun to the White House is saying
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Luther LoweY Combinator policy head Luther Lowe said Zuckerberg had the right message but was the wrong person to deliver it.”The message is compelling; the messenger has a credibility problem,” he wrote.Lowe said that Meta’s decision to ban rival chatbots from accessing WhatsApp Business API doesn’t gel with Zuckerberg’s broader message about making superintelligent AI widely available.”If Meta believes in a balance of power that favors individuals, that principle should include the individual’s right to choose an AI agent on Meta’s own platforms,” Lowe wrote.In June, the European Commission ordered Meta to allow third-party AI assistants free access to WhatsApp. Meta said it disagreed with the decision and would appeal it.Business Insider USA
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The White HouseThe Trump White House was quick to praise Meta’s launch of a “Future Is For Everyone Fund” that will support communities where it builds data centers and AI infrastructure.”President Trump’s vision for American AI dominance continues to drive results,” the White House’s rapid response account wrote on X, sharing CNBC’s coverage of Meta’s announcements.Zuckerberg wrote that community investment led to greater support for projects such as data centers.”We see that communities we invest in over the long term are more supportive of development than communities where speculators start building with minimal investment in the community,” he wrote.Business Insider USA
NvidiaNvidia, the world’s largest company by market cap, offered its praise of Meta’s announcement.Meta has built much of its AI work on Nvidia’s chips. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has also pushed the development of open models. Nvidia has its own family of open models called Nemotron.”Great to see @AIatMet back publishing open models ,” Nvidia’s AI account wrote on X.Business Insider USA
