models
DeepSeek's new open models give everyone a million-word memory by default News
DeepSeek previewed two free-to-download V4 models that can read a million tokens at once, no longer as a premium add-on but as the standard setting.
The best free AI model just landed — but almost nobody can run it at home News
A powerful open model anyone can legally download has reignited the open-vs-closed debate — but it's so large that 'open' now means 'open if you own a small server.'
Open vs. closed AI models — what "open weights" really means Lesson
Some AI models you can only rent through a company's interface; others you can download and run yourself. That difference — open weights vs. closed — shapes privacy, research, cost, and who controls the technology.
A powerful open model lands and reignites the open-vs-closed debate News
A Chinese lab released a flagship model anyone can download and run, with a huge memory for long documents — and a viral claim that it makes things up less than a top closed model.
Ollama Tool
Download and run open AI models locally with a single command. The easiest on-ramp to running your own model.
LM Studio Tool
A friendly desktop app to find, download, and chat with open models on your own machine — no command line needed.
Hugging Face Tool
The main hub for finding, downloading, and trying open AI models and datasets — the field's town square.