ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Nov 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Open-Source AI Summit Abu Dhabi, hosted by the Technology Innovative Institute (TII), a global applied science research center, has kicked off with critical conversations that will shape the global AI agenda. The summit, taking place at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island today and tomorrow with 300+ in attendance, converges with growing international focus on the pull and push between open- and closed-source AI.
“There are two critical choices when referring to AI,” said H.E. Faisal Al Bannai, the Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council and Adviser to the UAE President. “You can leverage a closed-source AI model that belongs to a company. They control it, including the data you give it. Innovation begins and ends with them.