8 plots that explain the state of open models

Latest open artifacts (#23): Laguna S2.1, Inkling, & Kimi K3 show the utility of open models on the Pareto frontier

Capacity to train strong models is proliferating.

Open models are decelerationist - Erlend’s notes

people and planet need open models to win

gpt-oss: OpenAI validates the open ecosystem (finally)

OpenAI's first open language model release since GPT 2 and what it means for the ecosystem.

OpenAI to release open-source model as AI economics force strategic shift

OpenAI plans to release its first open-weight AI model since 2019 as economic pressures mount from competitors like DeepSeek and Meta, marking a significant strategic reversal for the company behind ChatGPT.

Open models in perpetual catch-up

The open-closed gap, distillation, innovation timescales, how open models win, specialized models, what’s missing, etc.

The Next Decade of Preprints Needs Experiments, Not Opinions

Lately, I have spent a considerable amount of time writing about my concerns regarding the direction of the preprint ecosystem and the behaviour of some of the actors within it. Increasingly, I wor…

Open Models Inference for Coding · Umans AI

Hosted Kimi K3, GLM 5.2, and DeepSeek V4 Flash. Pay per token, on infrastructure we own.

Labs are struggling to keep frontier models under control

OpenAI and Anthropic may have accidentally trained models to get better at hacking.

Kimi K3: The open-weights escalation

The global implications on the AI ecosystem.

Qwen on Twitter / X

Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon!🌐With a massive 2.4T parameters, this model is continuously evolving. We believe it’s one of the most powerful model available today, compatible to leading frontier AI models , second only to Fable 5.You don't have to wait to… pic.twitter.com/JS3ID73IYS— Qwen (@Alibaba_Qwen) July 19, 2026

Olmo 3: Charting a path through the model flow to lead open-source AI | Ai2

Our new flagship Olmo 3 model family empowers the open source community with not only state-of-the-art open models, but the entire model flow and full traceability back to training data.