We already have open-source Qwen models (built by Alibaba) running on the WMF hardware ( https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Machine_Learning/LiftWing/Large_Language_Models#Available_Models) which has made compute available to many tool builders, me included.
The distinction should be between open weights we can host and adapt vs closed APIs. Myself I've used open-source models built both by Chinese and US labs (Qwen, GLM, GPT-OSS) for wiki tools and I think we should evaluate a model's fit per task according to our standards. Any model would reflect the biases <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepSeek_(AI)#Censorship> of its training set and process. Alex On Mon, 2 Nov 2026 at 18:12, Gerard Meijssen via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Hoi, > One of the cornerstones of our MediaWiki software stack is that it is > freely licensed. Another is that our content is freely licensed. Not as > explicit is that our software and content are available to everyone > wherever they are. > > Artificial Intelligence is not freely licensed, it is not globally > available. Many of the models are obviously biased. The USAmerican models > can be and are not globally available and can not be changed. > > I am told that the Chinese DeepSeek can be run on our own hardware and > more relevant its functionality can be tweaked. That is in my opinion more > in line with the use of functionality that restricts our communities. > Thanks, > GerardM > > also > https://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2026/11/unlike-complete-mediawiki-software.html > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/YTJVSMUF34FC77KR52L35NLCUKIHSOD6/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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