#open models
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Open AI models: power or peril?
As AI companies debate whether powerful models should be freely available or tightly controlled, the stakes involve both safety and who gets to shape the future.
MIT Technology Review · 4m

AI Answers Get Cheaper as Model Choices Multiply
AI answers cost less as companies gain more model choices.
Pymnts · 1m

Goodfire's cheaper AI monitors catch rogue agents inside
A startup launches internal monitoring probes that watch AI models work from within, costing a fraction of traditional oversight methods.
TechCrunch · 2m

How America and China Compare on AI
U.S. and China race for AI supremacy with different definitions of winning.
Foreign Policy · 2m

How to actually understand open models
A researcher's reading list on open models, US-China competition, and the distillation fight that defines 2026.
Interconnects · 3m

So you want to use OpenRouter?
18 million messages through OpenRouter taught Mo Moustafa that the same model is a different model depending on who hosts it.
Mmoustafa · 2m