Lambert catalogs 25 new open models from July-September: GLM-5.3, Motif-3 and more
natolambert · x · 2026-09-08
AI researcher Nathan Lambert (Interconnects) argues that amid frontier-lab drama around OpenAI/Anthropic, the real story is the wave of fun and powerful open models released recently.
His latest Artifacts issue covers 25 models from July-September, including InclusionAI (4), Qwen/Alibaba (3), Z.ai (2), DeepSeek (2), plus Motif-3, GLM-5.3, Hy4-preview, and releases from Tencent, NVIDIA, IBM, Meta, Liquid AI, Cohere, Google, MiniMax and others, alongside a look at open model licenses.
Related event: Lambert urges focus on new open-source models over lab feuds(2 posts)→
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