Why Big Tech is giving away open-weight AI models, and what it wants in return | Explained
Beam. Muse Spark Open. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B. Timestral. These may sound like characters from a science-fiction franchise. They are, in fact, names of open-weight AI models announced or released by technology companies in the United States and Europe in October. Reflection AI released Beam’s weights on October 16. Meta released…