Hugging Face policy chief on open source AI costs and risks

Hugging Face's policy chief discusses how open source models can be monetized, plus the costs, risks and trade-offs for enterprises, governments and startups adopting them. The episode also asks whether US players can keep pace as Chinese open models gain ground.

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