# Open- or Closed-source for AI?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-or-closed-source-for-ai/117779
**Category:** Offtopic
**Created:** [August 3, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-or-closed-source-for-ai/117779 "2024-08-03T01:04:25Z")
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### Author:  [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-or-closed-source-for-ai/117779/1 "2024-08-03T01:04:25Z")
[Keep the code behind AI open, say two entrepreneurs (economist.com)](https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/07/29/keep-the-code-behind-ai-open-say-two-entrepreneurs)
vs.
[Not all AI models should be freely available, argues a legal scholar (economist.com)](https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/07/29/not-all-ai-models-should-be-freely-available-argues-a-legal-scholar)
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### Author:  [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/open-or-closed-source-for-ai/117779/2 "2024-11-06T18:45:12Z")
The following article outlines the dangers to the world of open-source software that come with AI.
[A battle is raging over the definition of open-source AI](https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/11/06/a-battle-is-raging-over-the-definition-of-open-source-ai?utm_campaign=r.science-newsletter&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=11/6/2024&utm_id=1987790)
Apparently I can’t post just information, I need to tell you what I think. Well, here goes: closed-source AI models are likely to be the norm, and that is a dangerous thing on multiple levels. With Trump at the wheel and Musk in his ear, the guardrails for safe AI are not likely to materialize any time soon.