Sam Altman Revealed this today Openai Will release weight AI In the next few months.
“We are pleased to release a powerful new open weight model and reason in the coming months,” Altman wrote. On X.
Ultraman said in the post that the company has been considering publishing an open weight model for some time, adding: “It’s important now.”
This move is partly a response to the success of the runaway R1 model from Chinese company DeepSeek,as well as Meta’s Llama model.
Openai may also feel the need to show that it can train new models cheaper, as DeepSeek’s model is said to be trained in a small part of most large AI models.
“It’s amazing news,” co-founder and CEO Clement DeLangue specializes in hosting the open AI model, told Wired. “With Deepseek’s efforts, everyone is aware of the power of open weight.”
Openai is currently providing its AI through chatbots and cloud. R1, Llama and other open weight models are available for free. The weight of the model refers to the values in a large neural network, which are set during training. Open-weight models are cheap to use and can also be tailored to sensitive use cases, such as handling highly confidential information.
Steven Heidel, technician at Openai, Republished Altman’s Announcement and added “We released a model this year that you can run with your own hardware.”
Today’s Openai also posted a web page Invite developers Apply for early access to the upcoming model. In his post, Altman said the company will host a new model prototype event for developers in the coming weeks.
Meta is the first major AI company to adopt a more open attitude, launching The first version of Camel July 2023. More and more open weight AI models Available now. Some researchers point out that llamas and some other models are Not as transparent as they Because training data and other details are still confidential. META also issued a license that limits other companies’ ability to monetize applications and tools built using Llama.
Update 3/31/25 4:21 EST: This article is updated with comments from Clement Delangue, co-founder and CEO of HuggingFace.
