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On the importance of Open Source AI

Below is a formatted transcript Yann LeCun's keynote speech from a couple of days ago at the UN Open Source Week 2026.

He's saying some important things here, not least that fears around AI are overblown, probably to ensure that regulation destroys legitimate Open Source AI alternatives. I like his analogy of the printing press and use of the phrase "medieval obscurantism".