Fei-Fei Li argues open and closed AI models both matter
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At Cloudflare Connect 2026, Fei-Fei Li says open and closed AI models are not a matter of good versus evil, and both are needed.
She says open weights let founders build new products, and that academia, the public sector and governments must be able to test powerful models for safety. The report is a single post from X by indigo (@indigox) summarizing her remarks.
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indigo@indigoxXFei-Fei Li argues open and closed AI models both matterAIAt Cloudflare Connect 2026, Fei-Fei Li says open and closed AI models are not a question of good versus evil, and both are needed. She cites innovation, since founders can build on open weights, and transparency, since academia, the public sector, and governments must be able to test powerful models for safety.

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