Meta unveils a more powerful AI and isn’t fretting over who uses it

The largest companies in the tech industry have spent the year warning that development of artificial intelligence technology is outpacing their wildest expectations and that they need to limit who has access to it.

Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down on a different tack: He’s giving it away.

Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, said Tuesday that he planned to provide the code behind the company’s latest and most advanced AI technology to developers and software enthusiasts around the world free of charge.