Yacine torches 'open weights': it's a fake term that just means closed source
yacineMTB · x · 2026-10-25
Yacine MTB fired off a provocative thread arguing that open weights is not open source: "open" weights is a fake term that really means closed source — a distributed binary you can't reproduce or modify. True open source, he says, means being able to rebuild and change what you're given. He followed up mocking companies that "blaspheme" against the terms open source and open AI. The rant is sparking debate about术语 misuse in the AI ecosystem.
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