@EpochAIResearch: We took another look at the capability gap between open-weight and proprietary models. Since the start of the year, ope…
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Epoch AI Research analyzed the capability gap between open-weight and proprietary AI models, finding that open-weight models have been trailing the state of the art by approximately four months since the start of the year.
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We took another look at the capability gap between open-weight and proprietary models. Since the start of the year, open-weight models have lagged the state of the art by four months. https://t.co/Oi3cMpGtx3
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