Some of the central questions: Should our AI future be built on tightly controlled closed models or on open models that allow users to modify and customize? Open vs. closedThe AI systems most people know today – OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini – are closed models. AI experts believe open models to be mere months behind in capabilities to the most advanced closed models. US vs. ChinaMuch of the debate around open and closed models boils down to where they come from. Nvidia last month announced a new alliance to help promote open AI tools, called the Open Secure AI Alliance.