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Dean Ball on open models and government control
Subtle precedents on the future of open models set by the unfolding Anthropic v. Department of War case.
 • Nathan Lambert and Dean W. Ball
35:35
Open models in perpetual catch-up
The open-closed gap, distillation, innovation timescales, how open models win, specialized models, what’s missing, etc.
 • Nathan Lambert
8 plots that explain the state of open models
Measuring the impact of Qwen, DeepSeek, Llama, GPT-OSS, Nemotron, and all of the new entrants to the ecosystem.
 • Nathan Lambert
Olmo 3: America’s truly open reasoning models
We present Olmo 3, our next family of fully open, leading language models.
 • Nathan Lambert
The State of Open Models
Reflections on a crazy year in open models. (My talk at The Curve).
 • Nathan Lambert
48:27
On China's open source AI trajectory
Notes and predictions for the next phase of Chinese (open) AI models.
 • Nathan Lambert
Ranking the Chinese Open Model Builders
From the obvious names to those to keep an eye on.
 • Nathan Lambert and Florian Brand
gpt-oss: OpenAI validates the open ecosystem (finally)
OpenAI's first open language model release since GPT 2 and what it means for the ecosystem.
 • Nathan Lambert
Towards American Truly Open Models: The ATOM Project
Rebranding American DeepSeek into a more lasting brand. From an idea to a coalition with real impact.
 • Nathan Lambert
The White House's plan for open models & AI research in the U.S.
Thoughts on the new AI Action plan, American DeepSeek, and what comes next.
 • Nathan Lambert
Kimi K2 and when "DeepSeek Moments" become normal
One "DeepSeek Moment" wasn't enough for us to wake up, hopefully we don't need a third.
 • Nathan Lambert
The American DeepSeek Project
What I think the next goal for the open-source AI community is.
 • Nathan Lambert
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