Gary Marcus Slams Media for Confusing Open-Source with Open-Weight Models
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-11
AI researcher Gary Marcus pointed out that media outlets like The New York Times have incorrectly labeled Meta's new model as "open-source." He emphasized the fundamental difference between the two: true open-source implies full transparency with complete source code access, whereas open-weight models do not provide critical information like training data. Marcus called for the media and the public to properly distinguish between these concepts.
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