https://github.blog/2023-07-26-how-to-get-ai-regulation-right-for-open-source/
“In a joint effort, GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and other tech companies have penned an open letter appealing to European Union (EU) policymakers to revise certain aspects of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act. The letter expresses concerns that upcoming rules may inadvertently impede the development of open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models.”
It’s always interesting to see who has legitimacy in the eyes of mainstream media. The “other companies” mentioned are EleutherAI and Open Future, both of whom co-authored the letter, and LAION who signed it. All three orgs are major players in the open source AI space, and EAI & LAION are arguably bigger than GitHub and CC given that this is specifically about the impact of the EU AI Act on open source large scale AI R&D. Of course, MSN’s target audience hasn’t heard of EleutherAI or LAION.
Note that other orgs have also done blog posts on this topic: EleutherAI (co-written by me), Hugging Face, Creative Commons, Open Future.
This opinion piece is somewhat relevant: Most AI research shouldn’t be publicly released—Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (thebulletin.org)