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NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation open-Source Geospatial AI Model

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  1. WalterGR · · focus · HN ↗
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    1. noobplus · · focus · HN ↗
      it is an open source from yesterday
  2. petcat · · focus · HN ↗
    Good to see actual open-source models instead of just "open weight" which are still just inscrutable binary blobs without a high-level catalog or really any description whatsoever about what went into the training data.
    1. VWWHFSfQ · · focus · HN ↗
      It's always irked me. It's like saying a Photoshop binary is "open source" just because you can (theoretically) run it on your own computer instead of through a SaaS web app.
      1. TeMPOraL · · focus · HN ↗
        I mean if you push it, all software you can get your hands on is open source, it's just that binary code is a bit tougher to read than the form it was compiled from.

        Also since you brought it up, I'd argue the difference between SaaS and local is way more important than "open source" vs "closed source". Closed source you can decompile. SaaS on someone else's cloud, you can do fuck all about.

        That's why SaaS is so popular, too.

        1. popalchemist · · focus · HN ↗
          The word "source" explicitly means the pre-compiled code.
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