Corporate America is getting hooked on open-source AI(nytimes.com)
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HN Discussion:
  • Confirms firsthand that companies are actively shifting from OpenAI/Anthropic to open models
  • Objects to the term 'open source' being applied to AI models since weights are opaque
  • Open models like Qwen and DeepSeek are now good enough to justify self-hosting
  • Legal indemnity from American open model vendors explains the shift, not just capability
  • SOTA proprietary models still outperform open ones for serious coding work