Big Tech Has Long Subsidized the AI Industry
cgarciae88 · x · 2026-07-19
The author argues that Meta and Google have been "subsidizing the entire industry" for years, enabling the continuation of fundamental research and an open ecosystem.
They reflect nostalgically, suggesting that the past era of open science might have been better than the current period, where "everything feels like a secret, but isn't really a secret."
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