Open-source models now beat every 'frontier' model from just 11 months ago

Hesamation · x · 2026-11-03

RT by Hesamation of @TheAhmadOsman's observation: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GLM 5.3 Flash, Qwen 3.8 Next Flash, and even the 27B Qwen 3.8 all outperform — in both intelligence and capabilities — every model considered 'frontier' at Christmas 2025, just 11 months ago. 'Open-source AI is on fire.'

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