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Former OpenAI CTO Releases Open Frontier AI Model

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Register ·

Thinking Machines, founded by ex-OpenAI CTO, released a 975 billion parameter open-weights model. It offers a Western alternative to Chinese LLMs. The model is available for download and modification.

Meridian48 take
This challenges OpenAI's closed approach, but open-weight models still carry risks of misuse that need scrutiny.
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Former OpenAI CTO does what Altman won't: releases a frontier AI model that's actually open →
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