AIFIRST Civitai now has a closed-source models option
The brief
Civitai rolled out an option on August 14 allowing model creators to publish closed-source models with permanent paid access, marking a shift from the platform's open-first roots.
Key points
- Creators can now sell access to proprietary weights alongside open releases.
- Community reaction is mixed, with concerns about the direction of a historically open-source model-sharing hub.
Sources
- redditreddit.com