Zuckerberg’s Open Source Lie: How Llama 4 Reveals Meta’s True AI Strategy

Author(s): MKWriteshere

Originally published on Towards AI.

How Zuckerberg’s “careful about what we choose to open source” statement predicted the end of truly accessible AI development

Mark Zuckerberg’s recent post on “Personal Superintelligence” wasn’t just corporate vision-casting. It was a strategic roadmap that accurately predicted the end of truly open AI development.

The article discusses how Meta’s approach to open source AI has shifted dramatically, revealing a strategy focused on restricting access to advanced models while promoting less capable ones to the public. It highlights Mark Zuckerberg’s cautionary remarks about open sourcing, which foreshadowed this change. The launch of Llama 4 confirmed these concerns, as Meta introduced models with limited public access and imposed new licensing restrictions that contradict traditional open-source values, reflecting a broader industry trend toward restricted AI capabilities.

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