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open weights

2 posts tagged “open weights”.

  1. 31 min read

    Every AI Model Family That Matters in Mid-2026

    A team I talked with recently had hardcoded one model name into forty places in their codebase. The model was deprecated with sixty days notice. They…

  2. 30 min read

    When Gatekeepers Panic: The Encyclopédie, Open AI Models, and the Politics of Accessible Knowledge

    In 1759, Pope Clement XIII ordered the owners of a book to hand their copies to a priest for burning. The penalty for refusal was excommunication.…

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