Crazy week of model drops; open-weight Chinese copies seen arriving in 3-5 months
scottleibrand · x · 2026-09-03
Andrew Curran notes a wild week of releases — Gemini 3.8 Flash, Muse Spark 1.3, Fable 5.1, Mythos 5.1, with Astra expected next. Scott Leibrand adds the safety concern: open-weight Chinese versions and ablated variants typically follow frontier releases within 3-5 months, and cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers are waiting.
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