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OpenWALDO and the question of open-source AI

The video description introduces OpenWALDO and asks whether releasing model weights is enough to call an AI model open source.

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The video description asks whether an AI company releasing model weights makes its model open source. It frames the question as a comparison between modern AI models and traditional ideas about open-source software.

The description introduces OpenWALDO as an open-source AI project focused on Weights, Artifacts, Licenses, Data, and Origins. It attributes a specific argument to the project: downloadable weights alone are not enough without understanding the data, provenance, licensing, and processes that created them.

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