Open Models with RL Fine-Tuning Near Frontier at 1/20 the Cost

Guillaume Verdon argues frontier labs fear the open-model-plus-RL-fine-tuning route, which delivers near-frontier performance at roughly 1/20 the cost, and claims closed labs lack moats and are responding with FUD and regulatory pressure.

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