A battle is raging over the definition of open-source AI
Companies that bet on the right one could win big
There are two sides to the software industry. One faces outwards, with whizzy products and services that bring in billions of dollars of revenue for trillion-dollar companies. The other faces inwards, creating, updating and sharing—often for free—the basic software infrastructure and tools that makes the digital world tick.
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This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Open-minded”
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They could soon show their moves in settings from car factories to care homes
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A mystery is finally being solved
Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever
Concerns about some of their business models are building
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It has thus far shed light on everything from organ formation to the causes of inflammation