NeurIPS Panel - Building the Open AI Ecosystem: Models, Infrastructure and Community Adoption

​NeurIPS Expo Talk
Location: Upper Level Ballroom 6CDEF
Title: Building the Open AI Ecosystem: Models, Infrastructure, and Community Adoption

​Panelists:

• ​Robert Nishihara (Anyscale)

• ​Ying Sheng (xAI)

• ​Nathan Lambert (AI2)

• ​Joseph Spisak (Meta)

• ​Ioannis Antonoglou (Reflection)

​Description:
Openness is becoming as important as scale in advancing AI. This panel brings together leaders from research, industry, and infrastructure to examine the rise of open-weight frontier models and what they enable.

​Discussion will focus on the challenges of training and aligning these systems, their impact on reproducibility and safety, and the new forms of collaboration they support across academia, government, and enterprise.

​Attendees will gain a clear view of how open access is reshaping AI development and deployment worldwide.