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What is open-weight model?

Short answer

A model whose learned weights are published so anyone can download and run it, usually under a licence.

For example

Meta's Llama, Mistral's models and Google's Gemma publish their weights, so you can run them on your own computer or server.

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What is open-weight model in simple terms?

A model whose learned weights are published so anyone can download and run it, usually under a licence.

What is an example of open-weight model?

Meta's Llama, Mistral's models and Google's Gemma publish their weights, so you can run them on your own computer or server.

Where can I learn about open-weight model for free?

AI in Bed explains it in the free lesson "Open-weight models and running AI yourself" (Intermediate level, 6 minutes), with no sign-up.