New SOTA Open-Weight Models from Alibaba, Meta, DeepSeek, and More
NielsRogge · x · 2026-08-16
AI researcher Niels Rogge notes that for those returning from holidays, not much happened—except for the release of multiple new SOTA open-weight models. He highlights new releases from major players including Alibaba (Qwen), Meta, MiniMax, DeepSeek, and Lightricks, signaling intense competition in the open-source model landscape.
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