Open-source AI's real vulnerability isn't shutdown, it's defunding, argues dev
const_reborn · x · 2026-09-13
X user constreborn argues the real question isn't whether open-source AI can be shut down—it's whether funding for OSS AI can be cut off. In their view, all major OSS models—Meta, DeepSeek, Mistral—are arms of fiat-funded corporations or the state itself, and the ML community has yet to swallow that pill.
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