Anthropic shuts down Fable, and open-source AI gets a surprising opening
The Fable shutdown removes a piece of the puzzle, potentially accelerating open-source momentum, even as Chinese models rise.

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The Fable shutdown removes a piece of the puzzle, potentially accelerating open-source momentum, even as Chinese models rise.
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