The good news is that it’s open source so it can be improved by the community.

hackernewds · on April 20, 2023

Until when? What guarantee does the community have that they won't go private monetization route like you-know-who

lolinder · on April 20, 2023

This model is open source. Period. Whether they close off future models is irrelevant to whether this one is open.

MacsHeadroom · on April 20, 2023

The model weights are out under an irrevocable license, so forever.

balaji1 · on April 20, 2023

what is the financial incentive to make it open-source?

echelon · on April 20, 2023

Everything accrues to OpenAI if it's not.

More companies should be releasing models as open source and liberally licensed if they want to keep a seat at the table. Otherwise they'll get washed away.

balaji1 · on April 20, 2023

> Everything accrues to OpenAI if it's not.

because OpenAI is not open-source? Then a closed source StableLM would accrue value to Stability?

echelon · on April 20, 2023

Nobody gives a damn about closed source StableLM. It'll die off in the evolutionary fight as strictly inferior. (How many people are using Claude or Bard?)

By being open source, StableLM will grow with the community. An ecosystem of mods, plugins, libraries, frontends, and more will be developed. Different companies will even compare notes and contribute upstream. Everyone participating wins.