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Open weights are not open source: Why AI's favorite label is under dispute.

The Register AI + MLIndependent reporting·
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There is a dispute over the label "open weights," as downloading a model is easy but understanding how it was built or modifying it at its root is not.

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“Downloading a model is increasingly easy. Understanding how it was made, or changing a system at its root, is another…”
The Register AI + ML, 15 Sept 2026, 08:30.

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