> all of which are also spending a fuck load on internal AI research.

But their internal research stays internal. Sometimes, they put out "papers" which are glorified advertisements, often going as far as hiding the model architecture just to keep their competitive advantage.

I get that, I'm just saying the original statement, that meta is further along than all of those companies combined, is a pretty wild claim.

If all three of those companies have something to show for their research, none of it is at the scale or level of accessibility Pytorch, Llama and now Audiocraft offer.