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US urged to develop national open-source AI models for security and competition

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A Reddit user questions why the United States does not develop its own national open-source AI models, citing the example of Deepseek's $6 million investment in their 4.1 model. The user argues that such initiatives would address security concerns, prevent monopolistic pricing, and align with national interests, especially given the US government's stance on trusting Chinese technology. AI

IMPACT Could spur national AI development initiatives and competition if adopted.

RANK_REASON User-generated commentary on a policy/development question regarding national AI models.

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US urged to develop national open-source AI models for security and competition

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Strange_Test7665 ·

    Why don’t we have national open AI models?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Deepseek spent about $6m on 4.1 apparently. Published all of their work.</p> <p>US gov says don’t trust China, blah blah…</p> <p>As a US citizen why are we not training national open source?</p> <p>The cost is nothing compared to the budget, solv…

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