Protect Open-Source AI From Attacks by Big Tech
Open-source software undergirds the internet; it will work for AI.
Jai Ramaswamy is the chief legal officer at Andreessen Horowitz.
The U.S.––the world’s innovation hub and leader in cutting-edge artificial intelligence––risks ceding its leadership through policy missteps driven by Big Tech’s outsize influence. In Washington and across the country, Big Tech wants to shape regulations to extend its dominance. That includes efforts to restrict the development of open-source technology, a key driver of innovation that will help determine the global leader in the development, deployment and application of AI.
This debate was in full view during a series of AI forums late last year on Capitol Hill, which led to the Bipartisan Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy recently unveiled in the U.S. Senate. Unsurprisingly, major tech incumbents used the forums to advocate for licensing structures and a regulatory framework that would largely cut out competitors.