I don’t fully understand what open weights unlocks that cannot be accomplished via API from a product standpoint.

Open weights is great if you want to do additional training, or if you need on-prem for security.

mkl 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Multiple providers of the same model. That means competition for price, reliability, latency, etc. It also means you can use the same model as long as you want, instead of having it silently change behaviour.

	▲	Bombthecat an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Those open weight providers where found nerfing models too.

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stldev 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or try to beat Anthropic's uptime.

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echelon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Open weights is great if you want to do additional training, or if you need on-prem for security.

The power of giving universities, companies, and hackers "full" models should not be understated.

Here are a just a few ideas for image, video, and creative media models:

- Suddenly you're not "blocked" for entire innocuous prompts. This is a huge issue.

- You can fine tune the model to learn/do new things. A lighting adjustment model, a pose adjustment model. You can hook up the model to mocap, train it to generate plates, etc.

- You can fine tune it on your brand aesthetic and not have it washed out.