Hilariously that’s part of how Facebooks llama.cpp local chatbot became so popular. It was initially released only to researchers and research institutions but someone rapidly uploaded it to some warez sites and the cat was out of the bag from there. Subsequent releases of llama were released under far more permissive licenses after it became clear that it wasn’t as dangerous as they feared
imaging pirating AI - now that’s something stupid
Not as stupid as paying for it
Hilariously that’s part of how Facebooks llama.cpp local chatbot became so popular. It was initially released only to researchers and research institutions but someone rapidly uploaded it to some warez sites and the cat was out of the bag from there. Subsequent releases of llama were released under far more permissive licenses after it became clear that it wasn’t as dangerous as they feared
yeah, that shitshow was one epic nothingburger in the end.