They are open sourcing it only because it's not first on list. Change my mind.
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026
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Yup. They're only doing this because they're losing and hoping it makes people use their open weight model instead.
Open weight is not open source, and therefore not to be used.
Open Source or GTFO
They can't. Why do you want them to - show all the stolen data?
Max u can get is open weight
OLMO is full FOSS
Endgame is training data is audited and ethically or at least legally acquired for ALL companies making models.
Open weight, not open source. Still rather cool but not the same at all.
Meta said it would open source its most powerful AI models and launch new ones designed for consumer devices, as it looks to rival leading labs like OpenAI and Anthropic.
In an Instagram video posted Monday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company would open the weights[…]
These paragraphs contradict each other.
No one actually knows what open source means. Yet so many random people use the word. Including reporters.
Do they contradict each other? They might use a broader definition of "open source" than you prefer, but it doesn't seem contradictory.
But, maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean.
Meta [...] its most powerful AI models
The ones we all laughed at last week?
Make it open weights. Corporations puts it in their stacks. Remove open source in future versions. Profit....
The China method.
Has it got a powerful AI model, it should let people use that then rather than the dreadful one it hawks now.