Gary Marcus Slams NYT for Confusing Open-Source with Open-Weight
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-10
AI researcher Gary Marcus tweeted that the New York Times incorrectly labeled Meta's new model as "open-source" when it is actually "open-weight."
He emphasized that "open-source" implies full transparency (including training data), whereas "open-weight" is less transparent. He called on both media and the public to learn this crucial distinction.
More from Companies & People
- Meta Spotted Crawling the Web, Likely Building Its Own AI Search Engine — gaganghotra_ · 2026-08-10
- ElevenLabs Partners with Deutsche Telekom to Integrate AI Voice — lukeharries · 2026-08-10
- Wayve Founder to Share Latest End-to-End Robot Learning Ideas — Sethwinterroth · 2026-08-10
- Blackstone President to Discuss AI Investments and Data Center Strategy at Summit — GavinSBaker · 2026-08-10
- CICC Emerges as the Dominant Financier Behind China's AI Listings Boom — pstAsiatech · 2026-08-10
- Vision Weekend USA Nov 13-15 in SF: OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic speakers, $10K pitch comp — sebkrier · 2026-08-10