Back to Glossary

Open-Source AI

Society & Law

Openly licensed models, datasets, and tools.


Open-Source AI comprises freely licensed models, datasets, and tools.

  • Benefits: Transparency, verifiability, community innovation, cost control, portability.
  • Attention: License terms (e.g., MIT, Apache-2.0, model-specific), trademarks, responsible use.
  • Practice: Reproducible train/eval pipelines, model cards, data cards, security reviews.