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Open vs Closed AI: How Far Apart Are They?

Open-source models tend to be about one year behind state of the art closed-source models

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Dave Friedman
Jan 11, 2025
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Open-source large language models (LLMs) and their closed-source counterparts have each played significant roles in advancing artificial intelligence. Epoch AI recently released a report1 which explores the dynamics between these two types of models, offering a thorough examination of trends in openness, performance benchmarks, and training compute. It c…

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