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Much of the public conversation about AI today focuses on what it can do. New capabilities emerge almost weekly, and with them come understandable questions about safety, trust Answering those questions will shape not only how AI works, but whose interests it serves. As governments, businesses This became even more apparent\u00a0recently, when the U.S. government\u2019s action to\u00a0suspend access to Mythos\u00a0unnerved governments and companies around the world, raising concerns about one government\u2019s ability to unilaterally cut off technology used by others.<\/p>\n Encouragingly, a new path is beginning to emerge, led by middle-power nations. At this year\u2019s World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney\u00a0set out a challenge\u00a0for middle-power nations like his own\u00a0\u2014 nations with the capacity to build a world that \u201cencompasses our values, such as respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty More recently,\u00a0the European Union\u00a0joined Canada in \u201cplacing open source at the centre of the EU\u2019s technological sovereignty.\u201d This includes commitments to support open-source alternatives throughout the AI stack, backing startups Open source is emerging as a powerful consensus middle path and the private sector is catching on.<\/p>\n Research has shown\u00a0that open-source technology has created over $8.8 trillion in demand-side value: firms would have to spend 3.5 times more on software than they currently do if open source didn\u2019t exist. Entrepreneurs and researchers are building and leveraging open-source AI tools, models Unlike AI technology owned and controlled by a few large corporations, open-source AI is available to everyone. That not only means governments and companies can own the infrastructure on which they build \u2014 it means anyone can look under the hood. That transparency is what can make AI safe and accountable by design.<\/p>\n At Mozilla, we often talk about building technology that amplifies human agency rather than replacing it. In December 2022, we amended our foundational Manifesto with a\u00a0Pledge for a Healthy Internet, centered on four commitments: that the internet should include all people; promote civil discourse, human dignity That is the path Canada, the EU AI has enormous potential, but\u00a0a growing unease surrounds its direction and who controls it. The antidote is building AI that is open, trustworthy The opinions expressed in Fortune.com commentary pieces are solely the views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of <\/em>Fortune.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n #Mozilla #President #meet #open #source #rebel #alliance #break #Big #Techs #grip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Much of the public conversation about AI today focuses on what it can do. New capabilities emerge almost weekly, and with them come understandable questions about safety, trust,\u00a0and control. 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But\u00a0the questions that matter most are: Who controls the infrastructure behind AI? And\u00a0what values is it designed to protect?<\/p>\n\n,<\/s>\u00a0and citizens grapple with the future of AI, we have a critical opportunity today to ensure the building blocks of AI are pro-human by design. The choices we make now will determine whether AI continues to be something owned and directed by a small number of actors\u00a0\u2014 or a resource that can be shaped and governed more broadly in the public interest.<\/p>\n,<\/s>\u00a0and territorial integrity.\u201d Canada has also released its\u00a0national AI strategy, which prioritizes the development of open-source AI technology.<\/p>\n,<\/s>\u00a0and developing new government procurement guidelines that put the EU\u2019s thumb on the scale in favor of open-source innovation. Countries from Germany to Japan are looking at ways to integrate open source into their national strategies, while the UK has announced an Open Source Builder\u2019s Fund, aiming to make Britain the \u201chome of global open source AI talent.\u201d<\/p>\n,<\/s>\u00a0and datasets that reflect local needs and perspectives.\u00a0Developers are gravitating quickly toward open-source AI.\u00a0A recent\u00a0a16z and OpenRouter study\u00a0found that open-source models grew from roughly 1\u20132% of token volume in late 2024 to nearly 30% by mid-2025 \u2014 a clear marker of momentum among builders, and a significant business opportunity.<\/p>\n,<\/s>\u00a0and individual expression; elevate critical thinking and verifiable facts; and catalyze collaboration across communities working for the common good.<\/p>\n,<\/s>\u00a0and other middle powers are leading\u00a0\u2014 in collaboration with a private sector hungry for AI alternatives to the closed models that dominate today.<\/p>\n,<\/s>\u00a0and reflective of a diversity of voices outside Silicon Valley and China\u2019s AI labs. That future can only be built by a middle-power, open-source coalition determined to ensure AI works for human beings \u2014 not the other way around.<\/p>\n