Anthropic technical staff member satirizes tech giants embracing open source: Expects Microsoft to open-source Windows and Nvidia to open-source CUDA

Odaily Planet Daily News: Julian Schrittwieser, a technical staff member at Anthropic, recently posted on social media, satirizing the shift in attitude towards "open source" by some tech giants in recent years. He expressed anticipation for Nvidia and Microsoft to further open up their core technologies, stating: "Great to see Jensen Huang becoming an open-source supporter; looking forward to an open-source release of CUDA and GPU drivers. Also looking forward to Satya Nadella supporting open source, hoping to see Windows and Microsoft Office open-sourced in the future."

Julian Schrittwieser also responded to external speculation that he opposes open-weight models, indicating that such an interpretation is inaccurate. He believes that open models can actually play a significant role in many scenarios. However, Schrittwieser pointed out that it is interesting to see that some companies, which have long been very cautious or even opposed to open source, are now rapidly shifting to support open ecosystems.

In recent years, as competition in artificial intelligence intensifies, open-source models, open weights, and developer ecosystems have become crucial competitive areas in the tech industry. Companies including Nvidia and Microsoft have continually emphasized their support for open ecosystems. However, the definition of "openness" within the industry remains controversial – some companies open up model interfaces, toolchains, or ecosystems, while their core commercial assets remain closed-source.

Julian Schrittwieser's remarks have also sparked discussion, focusing on whether the tech giants' promotion of "selective open-source" represents genuine openness or a new ecological competition strategy.