Remove .Net Remove Nonprofit Remove Open Source Remove Weak Development Team
article thumbnail

This startup is setting a DALL-E 2-like AI free, consequences be damned

TechCrunch

Now an open source alternative to DALL-E 2 is on the cusp of being released, and it’ll have no such filter. Even if the results aren’t perfectly convincing yet, making fake images of public figures opens a large can of worms. “We plan to use our compute to accelerate open source, foundational AI.”

article thumbnail

The End of Silicon Valley as We Know It?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

mRNA vaccines have given us a promising path to COVID immunity, developed in record time. And mRNA vaccines are also easily tweaked, raising the possibility of even quicker response to mutations, and even the creation of a framework for rapid development of many more vaccines. Climate change and the energy economy.

article thumbnail

The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Most monopolies or duopolies develop over time, and have been considered dangerous to competitive markets ; now they are sought after from the start and are the holy grail for investors. How might that market have developed differently? It can also apply to large companies, governments, and even nonprofits. So what’s the rush?