Yann LeCun

So I tell you, I talked to the French government quite a bit, and the French government will not accept that the digital diet of all their citizens be controlled by three companies on the West Coast of the U.S. That's just not acceptable, right? It's a danger to democracy, regardless of how well-intentioned those companies are. And it's also a danger to local culture, to values, to language.

I was talking with the founder of Infosys in India. He's funding a project to fine-tune Lama 2, the open-source model produced by Meta. so that Lama Thu speaks all 22 official languages in India. It's very important for people in India.

I was talking with the founder of Infosys in India. He's funding a project to fine-tune Lama 2, the open-source model produced by Meta. so that Lama Thu speaks all 22 official languages in India. It's very important for people in India.

I was talking with the founder of Infosys in India. He's funding a project to fine-tune Lama 2, the open-source model produced by Meta. so that Lama Thu speaks all 22 official languages in India. It's very important for people in India.

I was talking to a former colleague of mine, Moustapha Sissé, who used to be a scientist at FAIR, and then moved back to Africa, created a research lab for Google in Africa, and now has a new startup called Kera.

I was talking to a former colleague of mine, Moustapha Sissé, who used to be a scientist at FAIR, and then moved back to Africa, created a research lab for Google in Africa, and now has a new startup called Kera.

I was talking to a former colleague of mine, Moustapha Sissé, who used to be a scientist at FAIR, and then moved back to Africa, created a research lab for Google in Africa, and now has a new startup called Kera.

And what he's trying to do is basically have LLM that speaks the local languages in Senegal so that people can have access to medical information, because they don't have access to doctors. It's a very small number of doctors per capita in Senegal. You can't have any of this unless you have open-source platforms.

And what he's trying to do is basically have LLM that speaks the local languages in Senegal so that people can have access to medical information, because they don't have access to doctors. It's a very small number of doctors per capita in Senegal. You can't have any of this unless you have open-source platforms.

And what he's trying to do is basically have LLM that speaks the local languages in Senegal so that people can have access to medical information, because they don't have access to doctors. It's a very small number of doctors per capita in Senegal. You can't have any of this unless you have open-source platforms.

With open-source platforms, you can have AI systems that are not only diverse in terms of political opinions or things of that type, but in terms of language, culture, value systems, political opinions. technical abilities in various domains. And you can have an industry, an ecosystem of companies that fine tune those open source systems for vertical applications in industry, right?

With open-source platforms, you can have AI systems that are not only diverse in terms of political opinions or things of that type, but in terms of language, culture, value systems, political opinions. technical abilities in various domains. And you can have an industry, an ecosystem of companies that fine tune those open source systems for vertical applications in industry, right?

With open-source platforms, you can have AI systems that are not only diverse in terms of political opinions or things of that type, but in terms of language, culture, value systems, political opinions. technical abilities in various domains. And you can have an industry, an ecosystem of companies that fine tune those open source systems for vertical applications in industry, right?

You have, I don't know, a publisher has thousands of books and they want To build a system that allows a customer to just ask a question about the content of any of their books, you need to train on their proprietary data. You have a company, we have one within Meta, it's called MetaMate, and it's basically an LLM that can answer any question about internal stuff about the company. Very useful.

You have, I don't know, a publisher has thousands of books and they want To build a system that allows a customer to just ask a question about the content of any of their books, you need to train on their proprietary data. You have a company, we have one within Meta, it's called MetaMate, and it's basically an LLM that can answer any question about internal stuff about the company. Very useful.

You have, I don't know, a publisher has thousands of books and they want To build a system that allows a customer to just ask a question about the content of any of their books, you need to train on their proprietary data. You have a company, we have one within Meta, it's called MetaMate, and it's basically an LLM that can answer any question about internal stuff about the company. Very useful.

A lot of companies want this. A lot of companies want this not just for their employees, but also for their customers, to take care of their customers. So the only way you're going to have an AI industry, the only way you're going to have AI systems that are not uniquely biased is if you have open source platforms on top of which any group can build specialized systems.

A lot of companies want this. A lot of companies want this not just for their employees, but also for their customers, to take care of their customers. So the only way you're going to have an AI industry, the only way you're going to have AI systems that are not uniquely biased is if you have open source platforms on top of which any group can build specialized systems.

A lot of companies want this. A lot of companies want this not just for their employees, but also for their customers, to take care of their customers. So the only way you're going to have an AI industry, the only way you're going to have AI systems that are not uniquely biased is if you have open source platforms on top of which any group can build specialized systems.

So the inevitable direction of history is that the vast majority of AI systems will be built on top of open source platforms.