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AI Business Models: Distinguishing Free from Open Source
Original: AI Business Models: Teasing Apart Gratis and Libre
The American Enterprise Institute has published an analysis of artificial intelligence business models, arguing for a clearer distinction between offerings that are free of charge and those that are truly open source. The piece examines how tech companies market AI products as 'free' or 'open' when licensing terms often restrict commercial use or access to underlying weights. Commentators say the confusion has real consequences for regulation, competition and developer expectations in the fast-moving AI market.
Why now: Debates over what counts as genuinely open AI are intensifying as major labs release models with restrictive licenses.
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- AI Business Models: Teasing Apart Gratis and Libre · American Enterprise Institute - AEI
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