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Symmetrytoday at 5:40 PM1 replyview on HN

I wish they wouldn't call these "open source" models. The output weights are open but that's more analogous to a binary. The source would be the training data and techniques that went into producing the binary/weights.

"Open weights" is also a term in wide use and accurately tells us what we're getting.


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Eridrustoday at 5:45 PM

It's not quite as closed as a binary, it is very standard practice to take these models and fine-tune them.

If there were actually even close to frontier open source models, this would be more of a discussion, but everyone knows these mean open weight.