About the Author(s)

Associate Professor of Law, Vrije Universiteit

Thibault Schrepel is an ICLE Academic Affiliate.

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland

Alex "Sandy" Pentland is the Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Related Research Programs

Antitrust
Innovation
Intellectual Property

Competition Between AI Foundation Models: Dynamics and Policy Recommendations

Thibault Schrepel & Alex 'Sandy' Pentland June 28, 2023

MIT Connection Science Working Paper 1-2003 View Original Source

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Abstract

Generative AI is set to become a critical technology for our modern economies. If we are currently experiencing a strong, dynamic competition between the underlying foundation models, legal institutions have an important role to play in ensuring that the spring of foundation models does not turn into a winter with an ecosystem frozen by a handful of players.