EleutherAI is a recently formed collectiveof volunteer researchers, engineers, and developers focused on open-source AI research.

His company is not involved in EueutherAI.

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The beginnings of the EleutherAI were humble.

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And so, the group was formed.

It now has hundreds of contributors that post their code on theonline software repository GitHub.

Open-sourcing AI efforts aren’t new.

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Rehman said that one of the critical differences between proprietary and open-source software is flexibility and customization.

Proprietary AI research will have issues with security, updates, and optimizations.

“The consensus of the community means that quality is guaranteed and new opportunities are more easily identified.”

However, research into AI needs a robust open-source component, Kent said.