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Re:Meta Open-Sources Computer Vision Foundation Model DINOv2 by arketyp on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @01:02AM (#36054256)
In the highly interesting recent memo leaked from Google, the argument is made that open source will come out the winner in the AI battle and specifically that

"Paradoxically, the one clear winner in all of this is Meta. Because the leaked model was theirs, they have effectively garnered an entire planet's worth of free labor. Since most open source innovation is happening on top of their architecture, there is nothing stopping them from directly incorporating it into their products.

The value of owning the ecosystem cannot be overstated. Google itself has successfully used this paradigm in its open source offerings, like Chrome and Android. By owning the platform where innovation happens, Google cements itself as a thought leader and direction-setter, earning the ability to shape the narrative on ideas that are larger than itself."

https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-ne...

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Re:Meta Open-Sources Computer Vision Foundation Model DINOv2 by quaintdev on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @02:28AM (#36054779)
They did same thing with numerou small projects of theirs like golang, protobuf, grpc
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Re:Meta Open-Sources Computer Vision Foundation Model DINOv2 by spacebacon on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @03:36AM (#36055141)
Precisely. The old way contains innovation to a platform (fb apps, play, appstore). The new way speaks for itself. Total domination of an ecosystem from the root up.
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Re:Meta Open-Sources Computer Vision Foundation Model DINOv2 by robertlagrant on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @04:23AM (#36055399)
This makes more sense than the moat argument. Open sourcing with a noncommercial licence means they get to incorporate effort back into their project, but others can't use it in their businesses. All the academic etc effort can be captured in this way.
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Re:Meta Open-Sources Computer Vision Foundation Model DINOv2 by mx20 on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:15AM (#36058398)
The software part already got reimplemented and Models are used as training data for new Models by others. You could argue if using images and other copyrighted training data is allowed you also can use Model to train your own Model.
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