A THIRD PATH: PROTOCOL LEARNING (INTRODUCTION TO PLURALIS RESEARCH)

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The current landscape of AI foundation models lacks true openness due to centralized control, high training costs, and closed datasets, limiting innovation and participation. Pluralis Research is pioneering "Protocol Learning," a new approach to truly open-source AI that enables decentralized, collaborative model training without requiring full weight set access. By solving low-bandwidth model-parallel training, it aims to break corporate monopolies, ensure fair economic incentives, and create AI models that outperform closed alternatives.