Proprietary artificial intelligence software from OpenAI is exploding in popularity, but so are open source alternatives that could eat into its lead. Now, some of the developers behind one such alternative, known as Falcon, have become an acquisition target, The Information reported . Hugging Face, which operates a code repository for AI practitioners, has discussed acquiring a 20-person...
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