The US now likely has the leading open weights models (or close to it)… … but the real question is whether this is a one-off situation from OpenAI, in which case the lead will evaporate quickly as others catch up. But also unclear what their incentives are to keep updating.
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Perplexity Max Adds Claude Opus 4.1 Support, Model Updates Expected
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Perplexity added Claude Opus 4.1 support for Perplexity Max subscribers. Feels like this model's list will see more changes this week.
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Claude Opus 4.1 Thinking Now Available for Max Subscribers
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Claude Opus 4.1 Thinking is now available for Max subscribers. Enjoy.
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Running AI Models Locally and via APIs with LM Studio
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My full piece on the models, including various pelicans on bicycles and detailed notes on running them on my own laptop using @lmstudio and @ollama – and via API using @openrouter and @cerebras
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OpenAI Open Weights Models Rival Chinese AI Labs
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Here's the concluding section of my write-up of the new OpenAI open weights models – they're really impressive, and I think they hold their own (or even beat) the models we've seen come out of the various Chinese AI labs over the past few months
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DDP Gradient Bucketing and Activation Checkpointing Optimization
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I'm sorry, this makes no sense.
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Google Rolls Out Guided Learning Feature on Gemini Web Interface
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Google started rolling out "Guided Learning" on the Gemini web to some users, according to several reports! Did you get it too?
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Claude Opus 4.1 Launches on Poe Platform
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Claude Opus 4.1 is now on Poe! Anthropic’s best model for real-world coding and reasoning offers a clear upgrade in understanding and remembering context for more accurate, helpful conversations on your most complex topics. (1/2)
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Claude Opus 4.1 Now Available Across All Platforms
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Claude Opus 4.1 is available at https://
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OpenAI’s Open Weight Models Now Available on Replicate
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OpenAI's open weight models are on Replicate, day 0!
— Replicate (@replicate) 5 août 2025
gpt-oss-120b: https://t.co/Xq6gupjErK
gpt-oss-20b: https://t.co/Htwem1Yy3G pic.twitter.com/3taGGU6leSOpenAI's open weight models are on Replicate, day 0! gpt-oss-120b: http://
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gpt-oss-20b: http://
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