This year will be remembered as a breakthrough year for open source AI systems. The mood has shifted away from the fear of risks associated with open source AI that dominated public debate in the last two years. The release of DeepSeek’s open weights models proved once more that “there is no moat” and that open solutions can both compete with closed foundation models and support innovation in open development ecosystems.
In recent months, a steady development stream of new models, versions and derivatives has become the norm. It’s not…
