PYMNTS.com April 4, 2025
This week, OpenAI said it is planning to release an open-source language model for the first time in years.
The creator of ChatGPT disclosed the news through a form requesting feedback for this strategy, saying it wants to hear from developers, researchers and the public to help it “make this model as useful as possible.”
The open-source model would be coming “in months,” according to OpenAI.
OpenAI said the last time it released an open-source model — meaning the model would be generally free to use, modify and distribute — was for the GPT-2 LLM in 2019. The startup is now at GPT-4.5.
OpenAI decided to make its models proprietary after Microsoft invested $1 billion in the startup, as part...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor