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		jeffnappi on April 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Has Llama-3 just killed proprietary AI models? Building open models is a very strong approach to cornering the market on top tier AI researchers. And as other commenters have mentioned, the raw models are not the product - the vast majority of the value is in how they are integrated into useful products.

_giorgio_ on April 21, 2024 [–]

Exactly, a free standalone AI is an unsustainable product.

You can't offer it for free, unless you make money in another way.

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