I’m not exactly sure on the “how” but it only makes logical sense for (non-AI) companies to band together to fund the training of a shared model. Apple is a great example, AI is not their core business but they still require it.

The only thing that took us down a different path is the vast sums of VC funding pumped into the AI companies.

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inigyou an hour ago | parent [-]

If not for VC-funded LLMs there wouldn't be any LLMs.

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LunaSea an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Most of the innovations needed for LLMs came from people at Google.

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echelon an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> came from people at Google

Who had to leave to build anything.

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inigyou an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

So VC-funded.

	▲	mrandish 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The company was VC-funded as a search engine but by the time they made significant investments in AI (DeepMind etc) they'd been a publicly held company earning multiple billions a year from advertising for a decade.

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afavour an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

[citation needed]

Historically speaking a lot of inventions have come about without things like VC investment. Either way, there’s probably little point in debating it, just because VC funded companies control the market now doesn’t mean they should indefinitely.