Interview Technology 30 July 2026

AI, open source and the future: a conversation

A long-form conversation about what happens when the most capable software of a generation is developed partly in the open, and who gets to shape it.

A glowing network of nodes and gradient lines, with brighter cyan and magenta hubs at the centre and upper right. — This film is published on the OCXLY YouTube channel.

About this conversation

Open-weight models, open datasets and open evaluation are changing who can build with AI and who can scrutinise it. This conversation covers the trade-offs honestly: safety, concentration of compute, the economics of releasing weights, and what “open” should mean when the artefact is a model rather than code.

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