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[−]kennywinker · 2026-08-29 Sat 22:18 UTC · link
Parent poster is technically right - open “source” implies the source used to make something is open. The model source is training data and code, not just weights.

But the reality is, the weights are a useful artifact that you can use to create derivative works. So, dismissing it as a photoshop binary is as technically wrong as calling it open source.

[−]Alpha3031 · 2026-08-30 Sun 07:50 UTC · link
IIRC Nvidia claims to release enough data that it should be possible to fully reproduce Nemotron, so even if it's not as good as the current best models, GPT 5.1 or Opus 4.1.was still useful right? I guess it depends on what you wanted to do with them.