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(NYSE:BOX) CEO Aaron Levie said the future balance of power in artificial intelligence (AI) will depend on whether open-source models can stay close enough to frontier systems to challenge the dominance of closed AI platforms.
Open Vs Closed AI Battle On Sunday, in a post on X, Levie outlined a central divide in the AI industry: whether tightly controlled, closed AI systems or rapidly improving open-weight models will ultimately shape the market.
He argued that if closed models remain "perpetually at the frontier by a wide margin," then vertically integrated companies that restrict access to top-tier AI could maintain dominance.
However, he warned that the equation changes if open models stay competitive.
