Meta is preparing to release its next-generation AI models under a hybrid strategy — some will be open-sourced, others closed. The effort is led by Alexandr Wang, who joined the company last year in a $15 billion deal from AI data infrastructure firm Scale AI, where he served as CEO.
There had been speculation that Meta might abandon its open-source approach entirely, but according to Axios citing sources familiar with the matter, Wang believes Meta can play a unique role in democratizing the latest AI technology and ensuring developers have an American-made open-source option. However, the company…