Just days after announcing a $40B raise at a $300B valuation, OpenAI now promises to release its first “open-weight” language model since GPT-2. Sounds generous, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙋𝙍 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮. The model will: - Be filtered through OpenAI’s internal frameworks - Be released “post-evaluation” - Allow modifications only within pre-approved constraints Meanwhile, $18B of the funding goes into Stargate - their closed data centre initiative to consolidate infrastructure further under their control. 🤔 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄? Because the “open” frontier is slipping away from them. 📈 Meta’s Llama 📈 DeepSeek’s multilingual push 📈 Mistral’s fast-growing ecosystem Developers are voting with their GPUs. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲? 💥 Innovation vs. Gatekeeping 💥 Community-driven tooling vs. Billion-dollar bottlenecks 💥 Open frameworks vs. Compliance theatre OpenAI’s latest announcement 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. It’s about shaping the narrative - after locking in the next $40 billion. If you're stoked about the news, you're not seeing the big picture. Most likely, you can't even afford the hardware it requires. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹. Ownership of your AI future is non-negotiable. Want something truly open, privacy-first and Europe-ready? Keep watching this space. Something better is coming. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openai-plans-to-release-a-new-open-language-model-in-the-coming-months/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openai-raises-40b-at-300b-post-money-valuation/