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We love our open source models. GLM 5.2 came out recently and the timeline for closing the gap to closed source shrank to something like 2 weeks by popular meas
by ianbutler 3mo ago
We love our open source models. GLM 5.2 came out recently and the timeline for closing the gap to closed source shrank to something like 2 weeks by popular measurements.
Edit: Mis remembered the timeline I saw not 2 weeks, 3 months, but still I think my point stands.
- aix1 3mo agoJust to make sure I understand your argument. Are you saying that today's open source models are on par with frontier closed models of two weeks ago? By what criteria?
- ianbutler 3mo agoSorry definitely mis-remembered on my part, its about 3 months https://x.com/yaroslavvb/status/2067367657272422584 https://x.com/yaroslavvb/status/2067367657272422584 https://x.com/voratiq/status/2067667800643268928 https://x.com/voratiq/status/2067667800643268928 https://arena.ai/leaderboard/agent https://arena.ai/leaderboard/agent
- nostrademons 3mo agoHN thread from 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48567759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48567759 Commenters there were saying GLM 5.2 was roughly equivalent to Opus 4.8 in coding prowess, based on personal experience of the people commenting. Opus 4.8 came out on May 28 this year (so more like 3 weeks ago), GLM 5.2 came out 2 days ago.
- Capricorn2481 3mo agoI haven't tried this specific model, but you can understand that a lot of HN testimonials are bound to swing extremely pro open source. I certainly hope they are as good. But I have personally tried a lot of models that are supposedly as good as the frontier ones and have found them lacking. After a while, you do start to start to skip a couple rounds of open source models until there's a notable release. That, and the resources needed to run them are increasingly bought up by the owners of frontier models