Model Releases
The US frontier labs have all walked away from open weights. They continue to occasionally release excellent open models (Gemma 4, etc), but…
The US frontier labs have all walked away from open weights. They continue to occasionally release excellent open models (Gemma 4, etc), but they are smaller models that are not competitive with their
The US frontier labs have all walked away from open weights. They continue to occasionally release excellent open models (Gemma 4, etc), but they are smaller models that are not competitive with their closed weights models. So all eyes are on Chinese AI labs for open models.
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Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-04-09