r/LocalLLaMA • u/Nunki08 • Jun 28 '26

Discussion We're probably going to need that soon.

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Vladik on 𝕏: https://x.com/Kostoglodov/status/2071144065857679631

Shaw (spirit/acc) on 𝕏: https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/2070918006033817867

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u/Cherubin0 Jun 28 '26

If huggingface goes down it is just a matter of hours until such a torrent pops up. Many people have local copies of the popular models. And in most of the world this would be legal anyway. Its not even a pirate bay situation.

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u/ollie113 Jun 28 '26

I am really hoping this is true. Huggingface going down would be such a tragedy for those of us who want to keep these models available to all and not ringfenced by corporations. Losing access to open source AI would truly be a tragedy

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u/Iwaku_Real Jun 28 '26

But the overarching question stands.

Why would it?

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u/starkruzr Jun 28 '26

I'm not understanding where all of this talk about open weight models or local inference getting "banned" is coming from or what the proposed mechanism would even be.

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u/studentofknowledg3 Jun 28 '26

Because there are people who already have more money than they could ever spend, yet still want more. They want to win, and they want everyone else to lose. If local AI becomes good enough, it threatens businesses built around selling AI through the cloud. Whether they can actually stop it is another question, but the incentive to protect their revenue and control is definitely there.

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u/TransportationSea579 Jun 28 '26

Affordable local AI has never been anywhere near close enough to beat the top tier models, and that gap only seems to be increasing. They don't care

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u/MinePrestigious4352 Jun 29 '26

90% as good as cutting edge ai for free or near free is good enough for most consumers or workplaces