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The cutting edge of AI, from inside the frontier AI labs, minus the hype. The border between high-level and technical thinking. Read by leading engineers […] 🌉 bridged from https://interconnects.ai/ on the web: https://fed.brid.gy/web/interconnects.ai

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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.



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06.03.2026 14:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Olmo Hybrid and future LLM architectures The latest Olmo model and discussions at the frontier of open-source post training tools.
05.03.2026 16:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Latest open artifacts (#19): Qwen 3.5, GLM 5, MiniMax 2.5 — Chinese labs' latest push of the frontier Welcome to the year of the horse!
03.03.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How much does distillation really matter for Chinese LLMs? Reacting to Anthropic's post on "distillation attacks."
24.02.2026 16:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Open models in perpetual catch-up The open-closed gap, distillation, innovation timescales, how open models win, specialized models, what’s missing, etc.
17.02.2026 17:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opus 4.6, Codex 5.3, and the post-benchmark era On comparing models in 2026.
09.02.2026 14:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Nvidia builds open models with Bryan Catanzaro Interconnects interview #17 on the past, present, and future of the Nemotron project.



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04.02.2026 18:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Latest open artifacts (#18): Arcee's 400B MoE, LiquidAI's underrated 1B model, new Kimi, and anticipation of a busy month Tons of useful "niche" models and anticipation of big releases coming soon.
02.02.2026 13:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thoughts on the job market in the age of LLMs On standing out and finding gems.
30.01.2026 15:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Arcee AI goes all-in on open models built in the U.S. Interconnects interview #16 to celebrate the release of Trinity Large.



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27.01.2026 22:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Get Good at Agents The tools are getting so powerful that we need to change how we scope, manage, and approach our work.
21.01.2026 17:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Use multiple models The new meta for getting the most out of AI in 2026.
11.01.2026 14:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Claude Code Hits Different Coding agents cross a meaningful threshold with Opus 4.5.
09.01.2026 17:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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.
07.01.2026 15:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Latest open artifacts (#17): NVIDIA, Arcee, Minimax, DeepSeek, Z.ai and others close an eventful year on a high note Ending the year with a bang.
05.01.2026 14:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Open models: Hot or Not with Nathan Lambert & Florian Brand A recording from Nathan Lambert's live video
18.12.2025 18:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2025 Interconnects year in review Three years writing every week about AI.
18.12.2025 14:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2025 Open Models Year in Review The first recap of a long year in the trenches of open models.
14.12.2025 20:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New Talk: Building Olmo 3 Think Re-recording my NeurIPS talks in one mega-take.
10.12.2025 19:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Latest open artifacts (#16): Who's building models in the U.S., China's model release playbook, and a resurgence of truly open models A month with SOTA releases with (truly) open model releases left and right.
23.11.2025 19:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Olmo 3: America’s truly open reasoning models We present Olmo 3, our next family of fully open, leading language models.
20.11.2025 14:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why AI writing is mid How the current way of training language models destroys any voice (and hope of good writing).
16.11.2025 21:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Interview: Ant Group's open model ambitions Launching a new open model series. Interconnects Interview #15.
12.11.2025 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opening the black box of character training Some new research from me!
10.11.2025 13:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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5 Thoughts on Kimi K2 Thinking Quick thoughts on another fantastic open model from a rapidly rising Chinese lab.
06.11.2025 18:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Burning out The international AI industry's collective risk.
25.10.2025 14:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How to scale RL The most covetable research.
20.10.2025 15:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Latest open artifacts (#15): It’s Qwen's world and we get to live in it, on CAISI's report, & GPT-OSS update After a quiet month, Qwen is back in full force.
18.10.2025 15:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The State of Open Models Reflections on a crazy year in open models. (My talk at The Curve).
16.10.2025 14:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thoughts on The Curve The conference and the trajectory.
07.10.2025 12:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0