Open source's hidden AI dividend: models train on your software for free — Blender may win 3D
MillionInt · x · 2026-09-06
A counterintuitive take: an unexpected benefit of open source is that model training companies can use your software to train on — for free — and the training process itself optimizes the model's ability to operate that software.
The implication: as AI models become the primary "users," tools the models learn best will win. Blender, as open-source 3D software, may effectively win the 3D asset creation race because future models will be better at using it than any proprietary alternative that lacks this free-training flywheel.
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