Mozilla: Middle Powers Should Build AI "Roads" Not "Engines" — Bet on the Harness Layer
KeeganMcB · x · 2026-09-16
Building on Mozilla's report The State of Open Source AI, the Tony Blair Institute argues middle powers win by investing in AI "roads" — the harness layer above models — rather than competing on building "engines" (frontier models).
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