This isn't about liking open source. This is about the labs just being cool and doing cool shit instead of the opposite which is Anthropic where all they talking about is killing everyone and taking everyone's job.
replyThese labs are still (for the time being) made of people, who reflect their lives onto the work.
replyThe US population is much more pessimistic and doomsday driven these days, whereas the Chinese are more optimistic and future driven.
> The US labs don't need to give a damn how much devs like open source
replyIn the short term, true.
In the long term, unknown but typically when you hold progress that way while other countries don't you at best end up becoming siloed while the rest of the world continues on without you.