Recent AI model releases show that high-intelligence, low-cost models are increasingly dominated by open-weight models like DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi, and MiniMax. For most real-world applications, the performance gap between frontier closed models and strong open models is shrinking faster than cost differences, making open models competitive in terms of both capability and price.
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The economics of AI are starting to favor open models
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