Open source AI must win

Category: Pulse
Status: discussion
Sources: HN discussion
Summary: An opinion piece arguing for open-weight AI drew 661 points the same day as the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 suspension. Commenters debated funding models for open-weight training, what "open source" means for hosted models, and whether open weights insulate users from government access controls; several noted the best open weights are roughly at Sonnet level.