Hugging Face claims 18 million people use its open-weights models
flowersslop · x · 2026-09-04
- flowersslop fired back at Sam Altman by pointing out that Hugging Face is the open-weights platform used by 18 million people.
- The remark highlights the scale of the open-model ecosystem as a counterpoint to closed-lab narratives.
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