OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, has confirmed that the company is preparing to launch its first ‘open-weight AI model’ since GPT-2 in 2019. However, Sam Altman has not disclosed the specific timeline.
With this exciting news, he highlighted the company’s advanced reasoning capabilities and OpenAI’s renewed focus on responsible AI development.
Sam Altman writes on X, “before release, we will evaluate this model according out our preparedness framework, like we would for any other model, and we will do extra work given that we know this model will be modified post-release.”
“We still have some decisions to make, so we are hosting developer events to gather feedback and later play with early prototypes. We’ll start in SF in a couple of weeks, followed by sessions in Europe and APAC. If you are interested in joining, please sign up at the link above,” he said.
“We’re excited to see what developers build and how large companies and governments use it where they prefer to run a model themselves,” he said.
The company is conducting extensive evaluations to balance openness with responsible deployment. Furthermore, OpenAI will host developer events, showcasing early prototypes and gathering feedback.
The first event is set for San Francisco, followed by sessions in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
What Are Open-Weight AI Models?
Open-weight models generally provide access to their trained weights, which are the numerical parameters that define AI functionality. These models do not work as fully proprietary models that operate completely via cloud-based APIs. Instead, open-weight models allow developers to run them on personal hardware. However, they might face licensing restrictions.
The launch will help OpenAI to strengthen its position in fully open-source models (which grant unrestricted access to both code and weights) to compete with models like GPT-4 and Google’s Gemini, which keep both proprietary.
Source: https://x.com/sama/status/1906793591944646898
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