Open Source in AI: Accessing and Collaborating with Models

This chapter discusses the importance of open source in the field of AI, specifically focusing on the open source library transformers and its role in enabling AI builders to access models, understand them, and make improvements. It emphasizes how open source allows data scientists and researchers to build upon each other's work, reproduce results, and collaborate. The chapter highlights that open source is driving the rapid pace of change in AI and without it, the incredible advances in the field would not be possible.