Ep 775: Open Source AI 101: Why Local Models, Cheap APIs, and AI Agents Change Everything (Start Here Series Vol 24)

Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast · May 12, 2026 · 36m

Until a few months ago, open source AI was kinda a hobby project. Now, it's tearing corporate boardrooms apart. Why? Over the past 6ish months, the gap between frontier closed AI and open sourced AI has shrunk to pretty much nothing. And with the surge of always on agents driving open models, their development and release schedule is on pace with the frontier labs. So if your team isn't paying attention to -- and running test cases through -- open AI models, there's a good chance you'll either be overpaying or playing catch up soon. We walk you through the 101 and what you need to know when…