Summary
- After a nearly three-year wait, OpenAI has finally made its first open-weight large language models, or LLMs, available to the public for free.
- The “gpt-oss” models are available in two different sizes and are similar to the US company’s o3-mini and o4-mini models.
- Unlike OpenAI’s other LLMs, the new open models can be downloaded, run and modified for free on laptops or other local devices.
- The company said the plug the gap left by its enterprise and start-up customers using open models from competitors such as Meta and Chinese firms.
- It also allows organisations to customise the models, and gives researchers the chance to study and manipulate them in detail.
By Grace Huckins
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