NYT: AT&T, Airbnb and Deloitte are shifting fast toward open-source AI over closed models
max_paperclips · x · 2026-09-05
Per NYT, Corporate America is rapidly embracing open-source AI, with AT&T, Airbnb, and Deloitte among companies seeking cheaper alternatives to closed models from OpenAI and Anthropic. The reposter adds that with an open-source agent harness (like Hermes agent), you can be truly model-agnostic without tradeoffs.
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