[$] Democratizing AI with open-source language models

When OpenAI made its chatbot ChatGPT available to the publicin November 2022, it immediately became a hit. However, despite thecompany's name, the underlying algorithm isn't open. Furthermore, ChatGPTusers require a connection to OpenAI's cloud service and face usagerestrictions. In the meantime, several open-source or freely availablealternatives have emerged, with some even able to run on consumer hardware. Although theycan't match ChatGPT's performance yet, rapid advancements are occurring inthis field, to the extent that some people at the companies developing theseartificial intelligence (AI) models have begun to worry.