Current AI launches Alpha Chat to assemble a public open-source AI stack
CEO Ayah Bdeir is applying her littleBits playbook to a nonprofit coalition backed by more than EUR400 million in commitments.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: TechCrunch
Why it matters
Bdeir is testing whether public and philanthropic capital can support a usable AI stack with open components and community-controlled data. Success would give builders an alternative to relying on one proprietary provider from model to interface.
On July 9th, Current AI CEO Ayah Bdeir launched Alpha Chat, a no-login chatbot that combines components supplied by open-source organizations into a single product. Current AI plans to spend the next 12 months extending that prototype into an integrated public AI system spanning models, safety tools, compute and applications.…
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