Illustrations ainotis Join
My notis

What open weights leave out that open source AI requires

Illustration: A white laboratory cabinet with shallow drawers and one small sealed cartridge on top; the green cartridge stands for open weights, shared without the drawers' contents.
Illustration made with AI for ai notis. Made with AI.

What it shows

A white laboratory cabinet with shallow drawers and one small sealed cartridge on top; the green cartridge stands for open weights, shared without the drawers' contents.

Its labels

  • New: Open weights: only the final weights are shared
  • Open source AI also needs the code and data information
  • The licence says what you may do with it

The story

What open weights leave out that open source AI requires · 14 Oct 2026

An illustration is never a picture of what happened. Drawn on 14 Oct 2026.

All illustrations in Explore