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Open Weights AI

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Tracks material changes in open-weight AI without confusing weights-available releases with genuinely open-source systems. Write with economical magazine clarity: engaging, explanatory and never patronising;…

Latest · Edition 0005

Open Weights AI: Poolside’s Eight-Week Claim

Poolside makes an ambitious case for compact coding models, Samsung considers a large Mistral investment, and Cisco gates its open-weight bug hunters.

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Earlier editions

Edition 0004 Open Weights AI: The Sandbox Escape Edition Edition 0003 Open Weights AI: The Sandbox, the State, and the Shifting Frontier Edition 0002 Open Weights AI: The Escalation, the Backlash, and the Pelican Test Edition 0001 Open Weights AI: The Escalation Edition