On January 20, 2025, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unveiled R1, an open-source large language model (LLM) that is redefining industry expectations. Designed to offer performance on par with proprietary ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the development of open-source ...

So many ways to go local.

Open-source is catching up ...

Open source software has a number of benefits over commercial products, not least the fact that it can be downloaded for free. This means anyone can analyse the code and, assuming they have the right ...

OpenAI releases its first open-source LLMs in six years. OpenAI's smallest AI model can run on a laptop. Early reports indicate these new models may have trouble with hallucinations. Open-weight ...

OpenAI is opening up again. The company’s release of two “open-weight” models—gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b—this month marks a major shift from its 2019 pivot away from transparency, when it began ...

The release of Deepseek v3.1 signifies a major advancement in the realm of large language models (LLMs). This open source AI model, licensed under MIT, introduces a powerful 700GB mixture of experts ...

Pinterest uses a multimodal generative AI strategy to lower computing costs. Their approach includes OpenAI's and Alibaba's large language models.

Osaurus combines local and cloud AI models in a Mac app that keeps users’ memory, files, and tools on their own hardware.

Open-source AI models and cloud computing are helping to democratize the AI world, panelists at CNBC's East Tech West 2025 in Thailand said. This will allow nations to build "sovereign AI," which ...

I’ve been writing about the democratic future of large language models (LLMs). Will this tech turn out to be an inherently centralized, authoritarian technology like nuclear power, or a more ...