One problem that arose when the internet became mainstream was that, sharing information was difficult because of copy right laws. One of the major goals of the Creative Commons licenses was to enable people to share their content online by releasing their content under an open license. This revolutionised how people used the internet, because now, people could freely access and distribute information at nearly no cost, without having to worry about copy right laws. There has been movement towards open source, both in software and information, however corporations and tech giants are reluctant to contribute to open source, especially if it would compromise profits. I argue that open source should be the standard not only for institutions like those that are funded by tax money, but also massive corporations and monopolistic tech giants.

It is ironic that there is nothing open about “OpenAI”, their AI models are closed-source, and they are moving from non-profit to for-profit. Contrast this with the communist Chinese release of the most innovative and advanced, free and open-source AI model to date, DeepSeek R1. Cable Green states that “In order to solve big problems information must be open” I agree with this statement. This point is evident when considering, open access to Covid-19 studies and information lead to rapid vaccine development, open curriculum’s saves schools and students tens of millions per year, open source software like Linux is the backbone of the entire internet, and open source AI models are leading in innovation. DeepSeek R1 became the most downloaded app on all app stores, ChatGPT at number two. It has effected American markets (NVidea lost ~one trillion), forced OpenAI to release a better free model, and demonstrated that the future of AI is open.

The open source movement is necessary for making rapid progress in the scientific field, therefore the standard should be open. However some of the biggest players are holding society back from making open source the standard. With that being said there has been massive innovation in the open source movement, yet there is a lot of work to be done.

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