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#Open source

Open-weight models and tools you can run yourself.

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CapitalOct 25, 2026 · 11:42 AM ET · Marginal Revolution

1. A safe harbor for open source? 2. False but interesting claims about economic growth. 3. “In a calibrated model of the welfare effects of the estimated impacts of the Great Recession on consumption and mortality, we find that the welfare gain from the estimated mortality decline is quantitatively significant relative to the welfare loss […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on...

Builder score 50Why it scoresRules judge: Capital item; Topics: open source; Source: Marginal Revolution.
AIOct 23, 2026 · 3:40 PM ET · Simon Willison

Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro Kimi K3.1 Pro landed on the Kimi API today - it's not yet open weights, but Moonshot promise "Full model weights will be released by Nov 4, 2026". They're also offering a "Highspeed" version that's 2-3x faster, at twice the price (except for input token cache hits, which are priced the same). The US dollar pricing is $2.00/million tokens for input and $10/million for...

Builder score 50Why it scoresRules judge: AI item; Topics: open source; Source: Simon Willison.
CapitalOct 20, 2026 · 6:00 AM ET · Stratechery (free posts)

Meta has a new open source model, and to everyone's surprise, they are are partnering with Apple to make sure you can run it locally.

Builder score 50Why it scoresRules judge: Capital item; Topics: open source; Source: Stratechery (free posts).