American giants' bold statements to make American standards the global standard have now been overturned by themselves!
Meta's CEO Zuckerberg stated in the beginning of the year during the earnings call, "There will be a global open-source standard, and it must be an American standard for our national interests!"
Evidently, at that time, he still supported the American open-source model, and Meta itself was also a key force in the United States' open-source model field. However, things did not go as planned, and recently, Meta made a decision that overturned Zuckerberg's previous bold statement.
According to foreign media reports, Meta's new model project has chosen to distill the open-source model of Alibaba's Qwen. Upon the release of this news, Alibaba's stock price rose by 4%.
In fact, Meta's rare "humility" behind the scene is more out of necessity. On one hand, the throne of open-source models has changed hands. Previously, Meta's derivative models and download numbers were the best in the world, naturally allowing them to look down on others.
However, within just two years, this situation has been overturned. Alibaba's Qwen has soared rapidly, surpassing Meta in the number of derivative models and downloads, and quickly narrowing the performance gap with top U.S. closed-source models.
On the other hand, Alibaba's Qwen large model has already gained recognition from global technology giants. NVIDIA's CEO Huang Renxun has repeatedly praised the Alibaba Qwen model, stating that Alibaba Qwen has already captured most of the market in the open-source field, with its advantages continuously expanding.
It can be seen that now, companies such as NVIDIA, Amazon, and the accommodation giant Airbnb have all switched to Alibaba Qwen. A particularly dramatic moment is that a recent Singapore national AI project abandoned Meta's technical architecture and instead chose Alibaba's Qwen.
Looking at this, Meta is not unwilling to support American open-source models, but rather, it has lost its advantage in this field and it is difficult to reverse the situation. It can even be said that if Meta does not use Alibaba Qwen, it would fall behind in development.
To be honest, it's hard to imagine that Meta's attitude has changed so drastically within a year. It can only be said that, under the rising trend of China's open-source large models, even American giants have had to face reality.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1851194562357248/
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