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Latest open artifacts (#21): Open model bonanza! Gemma 4, DeepSeek V4, Kimi K2.6, MiMo 2.5, GLM-5.1 & others. On CAISI's V4 assessment.
An eventful month with one flagship release after another
May 16
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Florian Brand
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Nathan Lambert
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How open model ecosystems compound
Further reflections on China's high-participation, open-first AI ecosystem.
May 12
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Nathan Lambert
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Notes from inside China's AI labs
Lessons from my trip to talk to most of the leading AI labs in China.
May 7
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Nathan Lambert
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The distillation panic
‘Distillation attacks’ is a horrible term for what is happening right now.
May 4
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Nathan Lambert
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April 2026
Reading today's open-closed performance gap
The complex factors that determine the single evaluation number so many focus on. Plus, how this changes in the future.
Apr 20
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Nathan Lambert
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My bets on open models, mid-2026
What I expect to come next and why, focused on the open-closed gap.
Apr 15
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Nathan Lambert
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What I’ve been building: ATOM Report, post-training course, finishing my book, and ongoing research
What I've been up to!
Apr 14
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Nathan Lambert
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The inevitable need for an open model consortium
And yes, I hate consortia too.
Apr 11
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Nathan Lambert
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Claude Mythos and misguided open-weight fearmongering
Another dance around fears of open-source.
Apr 9
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Nathan Lambert
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Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed
Hint: it's not benchmark scores.
Apr 3
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Nathan Lambert
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March 2026
Latest open artifacts (#20): New orgs! New types of models! With Nemotron Super, Sarvam, Cohere Transcribe, & others
New orgs! New types of models! With Nemotron Super, Sarvam, Cohere Transcribe, & others
Mar 30
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Florian Brand
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Nathan Lambert
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Lossy self-improvement
The case for why self-improvement is real but it doesn't lead to fast takeoff.
Mar 22
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Nathan Lambert
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