Nathan Lambert: Training Recipe is the Core of Open-Source AI
natolambert · x · 2026-08-17
Nathan Lambert argues that the core of open-source AI is the training recipe, the closest analogue to Linux, while model weights are transient. He explains Nvidia's strategy of releasing data and code for Nemotron models is to empower people to build their own models and avoid an intelligence monopoly.
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