The Open Source Initiative, which has been the steward of the Open Source Definition since 1998, is leading a multi-stakeholder initiative to define Open Source AI. The definition is currently in its eighth draft, with the goal of finalizing the definition by October, 2024.
There are only a few families of models that would qualify under the current draft definition:
These are critically important developments to watch (and participate in!). If the influence of open source software on the broader technology ecosystem is any indicator, open source AI will have a huge influence on how the world is shaped in the decades to come.
The Open Source Initiative, which has been the steward of the Open Source Definition since 1998, is leading a multi-stakeholder initiative to define Open Source AI. The definition is currently in its eighth draft, with the goal of finalizing the definition by October, 2024.
There are only a few families of models that would qualify under the current draft definition:
Mixtral
– Weights via Huggingface: https://huggingface.co/mistralai (Apache License)
– Technical paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.04088 (CC BY)
IBM Granite
– Weights via Huggingface: https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite (Apache License)
– Technical paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04324 (CC BY)
OLMo
– Weights via Huggingface: https://huggingface.co/allenai/OLMo-7B (Apache License)
– Technical paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00838 (CC BY)
These are critically important developments to watch (and participate in!). If the influence of open source software on the broader technology ecosystem is any indicator, open source AI will have a huge influence on how the world is shaped in the decades to come.