Intelligent CIO North America Issue 36 | Page 24

TRENDING trillion , a boon in economic activity generated by this one group of workers .
GitHub ’ s own data shows that open source AI innovation is diverse and is being led by individuals .
GitHub is sure demand for software and developers will likely increase – as it has throughout the history of developer tools – and these productivity gains will continue to trigger an enormous impact , as developers seize new opportunities to utilize AI for solutions design and accelerate digital transformation worldwide .
AI is turbocharging developer productivity with gains that will ultimately drive a boom in GDP for the global economy .
Analyzing the top 20 account owners- based on stars on their repositories related to generative AI on GitHub16 – nine belong to individuals and two belong to big tech .
A few others belong to smaller organizations or start-ups that are focused on democratizing AI research , making machine learning models more accessible to the public , providing tools to help deep learning researchers and working on experimental projects .
Of the top 20 account owners by the number of forks on their repositories , 10 belong to individuals . Out of the rest , only two belong to big tech and the others
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