Report: Open-Weight Models Now Just 4 Months Behind Closed Frontier

Reports from Chamath Palihapitiya's team and Mozilla find open-weight models now within roughly four months of closed frontier models, with the gap steadily narrowing. Chamath argues closed-model premiums will shrink to negotiable levels.

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