Nathan Lambert says US open-weight models have narrowed the gap with Chinese models

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Nathan Lambert said US open-weight models had become relevant again, estimating that the latest advance had cut their lag behind Chinese models by at least half in time, or roughly three months. Lambert said that before the advance, US models were still behind Chinese models from as early as February 2026. He welcomed the progress but said more work remained.

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Guys this is like my superbowl I waited so long for US open weight models to be relevant again. Before today the US models were still behind Chinese models from as early as Feb. 2026. Still more work to do! This cut the gap by at least half, in time (say 3 months)Nathan Lambert · X

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Nathan Lambert · X
Guys this is like my superbowl I waited so long for US open weight models to be relevant again. Before today the US models were still behind Chinese models from as early as Feb. 2026. Still more work to do! This cut the gap by at least half, in time (say 3 months)
Guys this is like my superbowl I waited so long for US open weight models to be relevant again. Before today the US models were still behind Chinese models from as early as Feb. 2026. Still more work to do! This cut the gap by at least half, in time (say 3 months)
02:04
Nathan Lambert · X
Guys this is like my superbowl I waited so long for US open weight models to be relevant again. Before today the US models were still behind Chinese models from as early as Feb. 2026. Still more work to do!
Guys this is like my superbowl I waited so long for US open weight models to be relevant again. Before today the US models were still behind Chinese models from as early as Feb. 2026. Still more work to do!

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