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Qwen2.5-VL-32B: Smarter and Lighter

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544 points tosh | 3 comments | 24 Mar 25 18:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.613s | source
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101008 ◴[24 Mar 25 20:15 UTC] No.43464981[source]▶
Silly question: how can OpenAI, Claude and all, have a valuation so large considering all the open source models? Not saying they will disappear or be tiny (closed models), but why so so so valuable?
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1. barbarr ◴[24 Mar 25 20:32 UTC] No.43465120[source]▶
It's user base and brand. Just like with Pepsi and Coca Cola. There's a reason OpenAI ran a Super Bowl ad.
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2. 101008 ◴[24 Mar 25 21:00 UTC] No.43465361[source]▶
Yeah but cheaper alternatives (and open source and local ones) it would be super easy for most of the customers to migrate to a different provider. I am not saying they don't provide any value, but it's like paid software vs open source alternative. Open source alternative ends up imposing, especially among tech people.
3. TechDebtDevin ◴[24 Mar 25 22:04 UTC] No.43465895[source]▶
Most "normies" I know only recognize ChatGPT with AI, so for sure, brand recognition is the only thing that matters.