Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models

root-parent

https://archive.is/20LOJ

rufasterisco

https://archive.is/p1ehR The essay from Zuckerberg

forestrywat

Is this "I'm losing so I think we should change the rules"? Because it seems like that.

gaigalas

> Everyone will have an exceptionally capable personal agent that understands you, your goals, and everything you care about. "One machine for every man, woman and children of Zion. Sounds exactly like the thinking of a machine to me." Morpheus It's a joke. OR IS IT? Yes it is, don't worry about it.

fsuts

Meta were fined by Mexico a few days ago so the timing today of a Meta doing good exercise is probably not coincidental https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-08-07/meta-order...

ViktorRay

Comments here are surprising to me. I get folks don’t like Zuckerberg and his company and don’t trust his intentions… I don’t either. But this is an unquestionably good thing right?. The more open source software out there the better. And the more open weights or even over source AI stuff the better too right? More competition the better generally speaking I think. Unless I’m missing something and am getting this whole situation wrong. Please let me know if I am.

moomin

The truth is all frontier models are closed. This isn't even an open source vs open weights thing. Even if you accepted that open weights are "open" the capital requirements for running your own Kimi 3 model are significant. It's not like gcc, where the binary just works well enough on random hardware.

bewareofscams

Thief shouts "stealing bad". Murderer shouts "killing bad".

franze

i was wondering why meta has such a hard time with llm development its the organisational goal of that endeavour they are doing it in a phase of firing people so the goal of llm at meta is "to make people redundant" and no matter of HR/PR speak can change it antrophic and openai have the goal "lets create the future" whomever they hire and no matter how much money they spend on it, the goal alone will create very different outcomes.

Zigurd

Have I fallen into a time warp? Didn't Meta have a head of AI who thought open models were the way to go?

blueSky1989

My favorite paragraph from Zuckerberg's writeup: """ [...] it is surprising that the discourse from many developing AI is so filled with doom. I do not understand why anyone who believes that AI will eliminate most jobs and much of humanity's relevance would rush to build that future. The notion that AI is so dangerous that the only safe path is an extreme concentration of power seems inherently problematic. Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened has not led to safe or positive outcomes. """

ChrisArchitect

Discussion on sources: The Future Is for Everyone – The Path to a Positive AI Future https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49241728 Meta Muse Glimmer – open weights 30B local coding model https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49241679

VCFundedGenYer

Talk is cheap. Do it. Ollama has been abandoned since 2023.