François Fleuret asks: is AI heading toward elite-only access to the most powerful models?
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-11-14
Former Meta/Apple researcher François Fleuret poses an open question: are things moving toward ring-fencing AI — restricting access to the most powerful models to a tiny elite? No answer given, but it taps into current debates on model access controls and compute concentration.
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