Parameter counts notwithstanding, it’s an objectively funny outcome that Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all releasing cutting edge open models, while OpenAI keeps theirs closed source.
Microsoft & google have large cloud divisions that benefit from open models. The lower the cost of AI models, the more they get run and the greater the cloud spend.
Meta is a consumer of AI. They themselves want cheap and effective AI for targeting adverts and building metaverses.
A loose analogy is that both oil producers and car companies want refining to be cheap.