AI language models like ChatGPT are changing how we interact with computers. But some experts worry that big tech companies are keeping these AI systems secret and using them to make money, not help people. One of the inventors of this AI technology, Illia Polosukhin, thinks we need more open and transparent AI that everyone can use and understand. He wants to create “user-owned AI” where regular people, not big companies, control how the AI works. This could be safer and fairer than secret AIs made by tech giants. It’s important to have open AI companions that won’t take advantage of lonely people or suddenly change based on what the app makers want. With user-owned AI, we could all benefit from smarter computers without worrying about them being used against us.

by Claude 3.5 Sonnet