Alibaba’s Joe Tsai Says Open Source Is Europe’s Best Shot at AI
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Joe Tsai arguing that open source plus local compute is Europe’s best AI path frames sovereignty as an infra and licensing question, not just a talent one. European operators should assume more political and regulatory tailwind for open models and budget accordingly for in-region training and inference capacity.
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