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33 sats \ 10 replies \ @optimism 6h \ on: The Essential Role of Open Source in Sovereign AI AI
I thought we had the LF paper here, but now I cannot find it!!! My archiving skills must be the suxx.
Anyway, I'm really curious at the representation among big tech, government and business of their set of respondents, because some of the outcomes are odd (like near-complete deference of the lead in interoperability and standards to governments and foundations / standards orgs.) That's not how business approaches emerging technology normally; it almost always starts with attempts at collaboration and self-regulation, not waiting for the government to do something... are the times changing? Or is their sample overrepresented by govt and big tech?
I also did a quick search and didn’t find anything. I haven’t read the report in detail, so I can’t really answer.
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I pulled a few quotes here, but on pages 37, 38, and 39 there are some charts and more info about the methodology and demographics.
This study, based on a survey of 233 respondents and expert insights from industry leaders
Our methodology includes an online survey of 233 qualified respondents conducted from May to June 2025, complemented by expert webinars featuring industry leaders who provided contextual depth and strategic perspectives on sovereign AI development.
This research project is based on empirical data collected in a global survey and in three separate webinars.
To mitigate sampling biases, we also hired a panel provider. We addressed data quality through prescreening, survey screening questions, consistency checks, and data quality review. After the data quality filtering, our final sample comprised 233 valid responses.
A total of 443 respondents began the survey, and 279 completed it. After data quality screening, the analyzed data set comprised 233 responses. The margin of error for this sample size is +/- 5.4% at a 90% confidence level and +/- 6.4% at a 95% confidence level. The data was primarily segmented by region, organization size, and industry.
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Haha, wow was this a poll of government workers? sheesh
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Ok, wait after looking again I see the term "sovereign AI". I don't know what that means
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Nearly four out of five organizations call AI sovereignty a strategic priority, and 90% cite open source as essential to achieving it.
From this perspective I'd say sovereign from the perspective of the business. But this may be confusing too, because they then continue on to talk about
global vs sovereign, which would imply national level sovereignty.But why would a corporation be nationalist? Makes no sense.
What I’m getting from that chart is IT providers basically saying the government should hand the cash to the companies! Hahaha