Open source only 3-6 months behind frontier AI, talk sparks doubts over frontier labs' returns
SchmidhuberAI · x · 2026-11-15
Citing a point from Schmidhuber's talk, Phillip Torr notes open source is now only 3-6 months behind frontier models on many tasks. He questions whether companies with huge sunk costs in frontier AI can ever recoup their investments, and argues many VCs are overlooking this when evaluating startups.
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