๐จ OpenAIโs โOpenโ Model Isnโt About Openness - Itโs About Optics
Just days after announcing a $40B raise at a $300B valuation, OpenAI now promises to release its first โopen-weightโ language model since GPT-2. Sounds generous, ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต? ๐๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐. ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ. The model will: - Be filtered through OpenAIโs internal frameworks - Be released โpost-evaluationโ - Allow modifications only within pre-approved constraints Meanwhile, $18B of the funding goes into Stargate - their closed data centre initiative to consolidate infrastructure further under their control. ๐ค ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐? Because the โopenโ frontier is slipping away from them. ๐ Metaโs Llama ๐ DeepSeekโs multilingual push ๐ Mistralโs fast-growing ecosystem Developers are voting with their GPUs. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ? ๐ฅ Innovation vs. Gatekeeping ๐ฅ Community-driven tooling vs. Billion-dollar bottlenecks ๐ฅ Open frameworks vs. Compliance theatre OpenAIโs latest announcement ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. Itโs about shaping the narrative - after locking in the next $40 billion. If you're stoked about the news, you're not seeing the big picture. Most likely, you can't even afford the hardware it requires. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น. Ownership of your AI future is non-negotiable. Want something truly open, privacy-first and Europe-ready? Keep watching this space. Something better is coming. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openai-plans-to-release-a-new-open-language-model-in-the-coming-months/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openai-raises-40b-at-300b-post-money-valuation/