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models
China Trains a Frontier-Scale Model Without Nvidia: Inside Meituan's LongCat-2.0
Meituan open-sources a 1.6T model it says was pre-trained end-to-end on 50,000 domestic ASICs — a direct test of US export controls.
#china#open-source#export-controls
07-05 22:00·5 min read
tools
Aramco's AI Bet: Together AI Raises $800M as Open-Source Inference Crosses $1B
Together AI's $800M Series C, led by Aramco Ventures at an $8.3B valuation, is a bet that open models beat closed ones on cost.
#together-ai#open-source#inference
07-04 22:00·6 min read
policy
Concentration of AI power: who controls the models
Powerful AI is expensive to build, which pushes control toward a few players. A plain-language guide to why concentration happens and what counterweights it.
#power#concentration#open-source
06-09 08:36·7 min read
policy
Open-weight licenses decoded: MIT, Apache, and the gray zones
"Open" model weights come with very different strings attached. A plain-language guide to reading the license before you build.
#open-weights#licenses#open-source
05-30 09:54·7 min read
models
Open-weight vs open-source models: the real difference
"The two terms get used as synonyms and they are not. What you can download, inspect, and reuse differs sharply — and it affects what you are allowed to do."
#open-weight#open-source#licensing
05-29 16:50·7 min read