alt Hacker NewsOpen weight models once again marching on and slowly being a viable alternative to the larger ones.
We are at least 1 year and at most 2 years until they surpass closed models for everyday tasks that can be done locally to save spending on tokens.
Open weight models once again marching on and slowly being a viable alternative to the larger ones.
We are at least 1 year and at most 2 years until they surpass closed models for everyday tasks that can be done locally to save spending on tokens.
> We are at least 1 year and at most 2 years until they surpass closed models for everyday tasks that can be done locally to save spending on tokens.
Until they pass what closed models today can do.
By that time, closed models will be 4 years ahead.
Google would not be giving this away if they believed local open models could win.
Google is doing this to slow down Anthropic, OpenAI, and the Chinese, knowing that in the fullness of time they can be the leader. They'll stop being so generous once the dust settles.