tinygrad Founder: Closed US LLM Labs Cornered by the Open-Source World
mohbibi_ · x · 2026-08-02
tinygrad founder George Hotz stated that closed US LLM labs are being pushed into a defensive corner, while the rest of the world (represented by GLM, Kimi, and DeepSeek) embraces open source. He emphasized that the AI revolution is too massive for any single company to control, making open source the only viable path forward.
More from AGI Musings
- AI's Math Progress Tracking Code Gains, Poised to Supercharge Top Researchers — _xjdr · 2026-08-02
- Investors Chasing the Next Narrative Are Missing the AI Trade at the Dawn of Singularity — sterlingcrispin · 2026-08-02
- Musk's Ultimate Vision: SpaceX and Tesla Teaming Up to Colonize Mars with Optimus Robots — kevinnbass · 2026-08-02
- AI's Impact on Professional Identity: Biologist Leaves Science — matdryhurst · 2026-08-02
- Deep Learning is Empirical: AI Takeoff is Compute-Bound, Not Intelligence-Bound — bronzeagepapi · 2026-08-02
- Prediction: Once AI Surpasses Humans in Math, We'll Get Useful ML Theory — kjgeras · 2026-08-02