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AI Labs' Older Models: What It Would Take for Weights to Be Released

A discussion on the r/LocalLLaMA subreddit explores the conditions under which major AI labs like OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anthropic might release the weights of their older, proprietary models. Participants speculate on what it would take for these models, such as GPT-3, Palm, and earlier versions of GPT-4 or Gemini, to become publicly available. The conversation touches on the idea of releasing older models as historical artifacts, referencing a past statement by Sam Altman about GPT-4. AI

IMPACT Speculation on the potential future release of older AI models could foster research and development in the open-source community.

RANK_REASON Discussion on a subreddit about the hypothetical release of older AI model weights.

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AI Labs' Older Models: What It Would Take for Weights to Be Released

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/ythorne ·

    What would it take for the frontier labs to open the weights of their old, deprecated proprietary models?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anyone thought about this? What do you think needs to happen for them to release the old weights? I’d love to see models like Gemini-2.5, OAI o3, 4o, 4.1 being open one day.<br /> In Oct 2025 Scam Altman said they could release the original GPT-4…