Open Source AI Models: How Open Are They Really? Part 1
Using an open AI model can provide significant advantages, including avoidance of licensing fees and greater control over your data. However, adoption of open source AI is not as straightforward as using conventional open source software (OSS) because an AI model has more components than just the software.
Although most generative AI models like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are proprietary, some AI providers have started to release AI models under an open source or similar licensing arrangement. Meta released its Llama AI model in early 2023, Google released Gemma in 2024, DeepSeek released R1 in January 2025, and there are several others. Using an open AI model can provide significant advantages, including avoidance of licensing fees and greater control over your data. However, adoption of open source AI is not as straightforward as using conventional open source software (OSS) because an AI model has more components than just the software.
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