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The development of BLOOM was motivated by growing concerns about the concentration of AI capabilities in a few large technology companies and the resulting barriers to research and innovation. Most large language models developed by major tech companies were proprietary, with access restricted to internal researchers or limited through controlled APIs. This concentration of power raised concerns about the democratization of AI research and the potential for bias and misuse when AI capabilities are controlled by a small number of entities. The BigScience collaboration sought to address these concerns with an openly documented model available to researchers worldwide.