Open Source AI Summer: 13 New Open-Weight Models from DeepSeek, Meta, and More
victormustar · x · 2026-08-12
Victor Mustar highlighted an explosive run of open-weight model releases across all modalities, showcasing the peak of the open-source AI summer. Key drops include:
- LLMs & Reasoning: DeepSeek-V4-Flash refreshes multiple benchmarks; Meta launches Muse-Glimmer-30B; Liquid AI and inclusionAI drop highly efficient small models; NVIDIA introduces hybrid-architecture Nemotron-3.5.
- Video & Voice: MiniMax-H3 generates 2K stereo video; NVIDIA releases the first open full-duplex voice model with live tool-calling.
- Safety: Mistral introduces Shieldstral-1.0-3B, a compact multimodal guardrail outperforming larger competitors.
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