The Download: OpenAI’s open-weight models, and the future of internet search

MIT Technology Review - AI

Aug 6, 2025 12:10

Rhiannon Williams

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OpenAI has released its first open-weight large language models since GPT-2, allowing developers to access and build upon the models directly rather than only through OpenAI’s web interface. This move could spur greater innovation and transparency in the AI field, potentially influencing how internet search and other applications are developed.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI has finally released open-weight language models The news: OpenAI has finally released its first open-weight large language models since 2019’s GPT-2. Unlike the models available through OpenAI’s web interface, these new open…

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