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Open Models Tack Toward the Frontier | Tomasz Tunguz

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Open-weight models have repeatedly reached equivalency with closed frontier models, first with DeepSeek R1, then GLM-4.6, GLM-5.2, & Kimi K3. But open source has not materially led; closed models such as GPT-5.2-class systems & Opus continue to create step-change moments.

In short : Open-weight models have repeatedly reached equivalency with closed frontier models, first with DeepSeek R1, then GLM-4.6, GLM-5.2, & Kimi K3. But open source has not materially led; closed models such as GPT-5.2-class systems & Opus continue to create step-change moments. Like two sailboats in a marathon race, open & closed AI labs are tacking & jibing in San Francisco Bay. In 2023, closed source models led by an enormous margin on Chatbot Arena Elo1. Two years later, the DeepSeek R1 moment arrived, the open-source answer to the ChatGPT moment. The two boats raced side-by-side…

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