Open Source LLMs: How Open Is "Open"?

About this episode

The episode discusses notable open source large language models and the varying degrees of openness among them.

Notable open source large language models from Meta, French AI company Mistral (valued at $2B), Microsoft, and Apple. Not all open source models are equally open—the restrictions and licensing constraints you need to know before deploying one. Solo episode. To stay in touch, sign up for our newsletter at https://www.superprompt.fm

People in this episode

Host: Tony Wan

Topics covered

• open source
• large language models
• AI
• licensing
• technology

Keywords

• open source
• LLMs
• Meta
• Mistral
• Microsoft
• Apple
• licensing
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Mistral, Microsoft, Apple

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