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NVIDIA Discovers Open Source Models Are Good PR Actually

The claim: NVIDIA researcher Chris Alexiuk argues that developers should shout from the rooftops about open source AI and open large language models to make the technology practical.

The reality: A senior engineer on an eight-figure hardware payroll is paid to endorse open models because every free model run locally still requires an enterprise GPU costing thirty thousand dollars.

Why should I care? You shouldn't
Another vendor employee explaining why open weights are great while their employer happily invoices for the silicon anyway.

Read the original: The Wizard of Open Weights: Chris Alexiuk Makes AI Easy With Open Models

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