What is public AI?

Public AI is AI as public infrastructure—like public parks, highways, electricity, and libraries. It's open, accountable, and sustainably maintained, with access available to all.

Instead of relying on closed, proprietary systems that lock in costs and obscure how data is used, public AI puts governance and benefits in the hands of communities. MOCSI—the Maine Open Compute Services Initiative—is how we build that future in Maine.