Meta发布开源AI模型，与OpenAI等闭源路线分歧加剧

D FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, HAS RELEASED A NEW, FREE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL TODAY. THE RELEASE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A 14-PAGE ESSAY FROM META CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG CHAMPIONING HIS VIEW OF HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, AND WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE REQUIRED. OUR WILLIAM BRANGHAM HAS MORE. WILLIAM: THAT'S RIGHT GEOFF. META'S NEW PROGRAM IS CALLED MUSE GLIMMER, AND IT'S WHAT'S KNOWN AS AN OPEN-SOURCE MODEL, MEANING ANYONE CAN DOWNLOAD IT, MODIFY IT, AND USE IT HOWEVER THEY WANT.

IN HIS ESSAY, ZUCKERBERG MAKES THE CASE THAT ALL AI TOOLS SHOULD BE LIKE THIS -- WIDELY AVAILABLE AND OPEN -- RATHER THAN WALLED OFF AND CONTROLLED BY A HANDFUL OF POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES. HE ARGUES THE WAY FORWARD IS THROUGH QUOTE OPENNESS AND "PUTTING THE POWER OF TECH INTO MORE PEOPLE'S HANDS, NOT FEWER." THIS PUTS META AT ODDS WITH RIVALS LIKE OPENAI AND ANTHROPIC, WHO ARGUE THAT THESE INCREASINGLY POWERFUL AI TOOLS NEED TO BE TIGHTLY CONTROLLED BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS.

FOR MORE ON THIS GROWING DEBATE, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY MIKE ISAAC, WHO'S THE NEW YORK TIMES' SILICON VALLEY CORRESPONDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. HELP US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING IS OPEN SOURCE VERSUS THE OPPOSITE? WHAT IS THE DISTINCTION HERE? MIKE: OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE HAS BEEN AROUND BASICALLY AS LONG AS SILICON VALLEY, BUT IT IS THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE CREATING A COMPUTER PROGRAM OR CODING LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE FREELY SHARED, COPIED, USED AND MANIPULATED TO BUILD YOUR OWN TYPES OF PROGRAMS, WHICH IS PRETTY DIFFERENT THAN COMPANIES LIKE OPENAI AND ANTHROPIC, WHICH BUILD SO-CALLED CLOSED SOURCE PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T REPLICATE.

THE IDEA OF BEING THE MORE PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO THE CODE, THE MORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS OR COMPANIES THAT YOU COULD BUILD IN THE FUTURE. WILLIAM: IT SEEMS ZUCKERBERG IS ARGUING THAT IT IS MORE EGALITARIAN, AND THAT IF YOU HAVE MORE EYES ON AN OPEN-SOURCE SYSTEM, YOU WILL SPOT PROBLEMS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, OPENAI AND ANTHROPIC, SOME OF META'S CHIEF COMPETITORS, HAVE AN OPPOSITE VIEW AND THINK THIS STUFF IS TOO DANGEROUS.

WHAT ARE THEY ARGUING AS TO WHY IT SHOULD BE CLOSED? MIKE: THIS DEBATE GOES FOR AS LONG AS COMPUTING HAS BEEN NOTHING. IT'S EXACTLY THAT. THE FOCUS OF OPEN-SOURCE SAVE MORE EYEBALLS EQUALS SAFER, WE CAN FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT SECURITY ISSUES. THE CLOSED SOURCE PEOPLE, THEY SAY WE LOVE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE IS MUCH AS ANYONE, BUT HOW AI IS DEVELOPING, HOW QUICKLY AND HOW POWERFUL COMPUTERS ARE BECOMING, REALLY IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY SORT OF COMPUTER PROGRAM WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.

SO THEIR ARGUMENT IS A LOT OF THIS STUFF, ESPECIALLY ANTHROPIC, A LOT OF THIS STUFF SHOULD STAY CLOSED AND WILL NOT BE RECKLESS -- SHOULD NOT BE REPLICABLE. IF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AMERICAN INTERESTS IN MIND FOR INSTANCE, THEY MIGHT BE USED TO HARM PEOPLE. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS YOU SHOULD TRUST US AND THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE THE RIGHT TYPE