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Open weights (Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek) vs closed frontier — who wins 2026? · OpinionBase

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Open weights (Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek) vs closed frontier — who wins 2026?

BY @diwankrish17 — 10H AGO

With DeepSeek R2 and Llama 4 closing the quality gap, is closed-source still safe?

#ai #tech #china #usa

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