Paper published, model on HuggingFace, but no code or weights: is that open source?
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-09-04
A developer poses a pointed question: if an AI company publishes a conference paper about its model and lists it on HuggingFace, yet rejects everyone who asks to see the code or weights, does it still count as open source? The remark highlights how "open model" marketing often falls short of real openness.
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