However there's this nagging feeling I just can't shake: using the base models without credit is not OK.
I know they've done some post-training and a lot of work optimizing the inference, but to use something as substantial as an LLM and not even credit them feels super wrong.
I guess my question is how is this OK, regardless of what the licenses allow.
The AI companies are not big fans of crediting - once they get access to _any_ learning data, all attribution disappears. So I am pretty surprised you are even asking this question - of course they won't credit anything they don't have to. This is in their ethics.
(Now if the customer requires it, they will expend the effort... I am sure if you pay them enough money, they will credit anyone you want)
curious_curios•3mo ago
What makes this situation any different? It’s just that LLMs are the new hotness. That will fade.