AI model reliability and the open source opportunity

Open source models may be increasingly attractive thanks to their predictability compared to foundation model API providers.

A scared scientist in a lab coat holding a chain leash tied around a small friendly robotic bull, pixar aesthetic — midjourney

One theme that comes up increasingly with sources and experts I speak with lately is a complicated challenge for OpenAI (and other API providers for foundation models): reliability.

More specifically, it comes up around OpenAI’s m…