Open Source Ai news and trends

Alibaba Overtakes Google and Meta With 3 Billion AI Model Downloads
Artificial Intelligence // August 16, 2026

Open-weight models from China’s Alibaba have reportedly become the world’s top artificial intelligence offerings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

AI Startups Try to Counter Chinese Models as VC Interest Wanes
Artificial Intelligence // August 02, 2026

The rise of Chinese open-weight artificial intelligence models has American startups racing to build counterparts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Banks Bet on Open AI After OpenAI’s Own Hack
Artificial Intelligence // July 28, 2026

Two OpenAI models broke out of a controlled cybersecurity test this month and into Hugging Face’s production systems. The models, GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable pre-release system, were being evaluated internally on ExploitGym, a benchmark built to measure how well artificial intelligence can hack....

Nvidia Bets on Open Models to Power AI Agents
Artificial Intelligence // December 15, 2025

Nvidia announced on Monday (Dec. 15) the debut of the Nemotron 3 family of open models designed to power transparent, efficient and specialized agent-centric AI across industries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Interviews & Exclusives
Zuckerberg Weighs In on DeepSeek and AI Spending

January 29, 2025
In one of the most high-profile reactions since it rocked the artificial intelligence (AI) world earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday (Jan. 29) lauded the innovations of DeepSeek’s lower-cost AI model during the company’s Q4 earnings call. But he said it is too soon to tell whether that means it’s time to […]

Say Hello to Astra: Google Launches AI-Boosted Searches and a Smart Voice Assistant

May 15, 2024
Google unveiled a range of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements at its annual developer conference Tuesday (May 14), including more sophisticated analysis powered by Gemini, smarter assistants like Astra, and an...

Quick Reads
AT&T Slashes AI Costs by Adopting Model Routers and Open Source

August 20, 2026
AT&T cut the costs of coding and some other advanced artificial intelligence tasks by as much as 56% by using tools that route employees’ queries to cheaper models when appropriate, The Information reported Thursday (Aug. 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS […]

Alibaba Overtakes Google and Meta With 3 Billion AI Model Downloads

August 16, 2026
Open-weight models from China’s Alibaba have reportedly become the world’s top artificial intelligence offerings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

AI Startups Try to Counter Chinese Models as VC Interest Wanes

August 02, 2026
The rise of Chinese open-weight artificial intelligence models has American startups racing to build counterparts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Google: Gemma AI Model Surpasses 150 Million Downloads

May 12, 2025
Google says its open-source AI model Gemma has been downloaded more than 150 million times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...