Open source models have been the fastest growing segment of foundation models for AI worldwide. While in 2021 they accounted for barely a third of models, in 2023 they were twice as many as limited and no access foundation models.
Artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models worldwide from 2021 to 2023, by access type
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The survey was administered to census-targeted samples of over 1,000 people in each of 21 countries, for a total of 23,882 surveys conducted in 12 languages.
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