Eric Schmidt

“In the US, the companies are largely moving to closed source, which means they'll be purchased and licensed and so forth. And it is also the case that China is largely open weight, open source in its approach,”

“Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO and a tech investor, said that Europe must ramp up investment in open source AI or it will be left with few options but to rely on China.”

“China's open-source AI models could gain an edge globally because they're free, making them more attractive than costly proprietary US systems for governments and countries that can't afford closed models.”

“It's probably not a good outcome for Europe.”