Anthropic technical staff member satirizes tech giants embracing open source: Looking forward to Microsoft open-sourcing Windows, Nvidia open-sourcing CUDA

Odaily Planet Daily News: Julian Schrittwieser, a technical staff member at Anthropic, recently posted on social media, joking about the shift in attitude some tech giants have shown towards "open source" in recent years. He expressed anticipation for Nvidia and Microsoft to further open up their core technologies, stating: "It's great to see Jensen Huang become a supporter of open source. Looking forward to the open-source release of CUDA and GPU drivers. Also looking forward to Satya Nadella supporting open source, hoping to see Windows and Microsoft Office open-sourced in the future."

Julian Schrittwieser also responded to external speculations that he opposes open weight models, indicating that this interpretation is inaccurate. He believes that open models can actually play an important role in many scenarios. However, Schrittwieser pointed out that what is interesting is that some companies, which have long been very cautious or even opposed to open source in the past, are now rapidly shifting towards supporting open ecosystems.

In recent years, with the intensification of competition in artificial intelligence, open-source models, open weights, and developer ecosystems have become critical areas of competition in the tech industry. Companies including Nvidia and Microsoft have continuously emphasized their support for open ecosystems. However, the definition of "open" remains controversial within the industry—some companies open up model interfaces, toolchains, or ecosystems, while their core commercial assets remain closed source.

Julian Schrittwieser's remarks have also sparked discussion, focusing on whether the "selective open sourcing" promoted by tech giants represents genuine openness or a new ecological competitive strategy.