OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has introduced that the corporate’s first open-weight mannequin is being delayed but once more. Altman said that the mannequin was alleged to be launched subsequent week however it’s being delayed with the intention to run further security exams and evaluation high-risk areas.
In a put up on X annoucing the delay of OpenAI‘s new mannequin, Altman wrote, “We deliberate to launch our open-weight mannequin subsequent week. We’re delaying it; we’d like time to run further security exams and evaluation high-risk areas. we aren’t but positive how lengthy it can take us.”
“Whereas we belief the group will construct nice issues with this mannequin, as soon as weights are out, they’ll’t be pulled again. that is new for us and we need to get it proper. sorry to be the bearer of unhealthy information; we’re working tremendous onerous!” he added.
The most recent delay comes afer Altman had introduced final month that the open mannequin was being delayed.
“Our analysis staff did one thing surprising and fairly wonderful and we expect it will likely be very very well worth the wait, however wants a bit longer.” Altman said then.
Why is OpenAI making an open weight mannequin?
After the the viral second of DeepSeek‘s open supply AI fashions earlier within the yr, loads of strain had been constructed on OpenAI to develop comparable fashions provided that the initially constructed on thought of open supply and open collaboration. Aside from DeepSeek, Alibaba’s Qwen and Meta’s Llama fashions are additionally open weights that are simpler for builders to customise and deploy.
In the meantime, even enterprise customers have grown to want open-weight fashions as a result of they provide extra flexibility and management.
As a way to counter this criticism, Altman had introduced earlier within the yr that OpenAI will construct a open-weight mannequin with reasoning skills. Altman had additionally publiclly acknowledged that OpenAI was on the ‘incorrect aspect of historical past’ relating to the open supply debate and said that the ChatGPT maker wished to get a open-weight mannequin for a while however ‘different priorities took priority’
