@svpino: Open-weight models are right behind frontier models in capabilities. I think they have an advantage, though: The more F…
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Open-weight models are catching up to frontier models, and with increasing restrictions from frontier labs, companies may shift to open models. Forge is launched in partnership with major tech companies to accelerate open-weight models and provide abundant tokens.
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Open-weight models are right behind frontier models in capabilities.
I think they have an advantage, though:
The more Frontier Labs constrains models and restricts tokens, the more companies will migrate to open-weight models.
We need more companies offering optimized tools and harnesses on top of these open models.
Eric Simons (@EricSimons): It’s time to accelerate open weight models to the frontier.
And bring abundant tokens to all.
Today we launch Forge in partnership with Arcee, Microsoft, Vercel, Fireworks, and DigitalOcean:
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