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Simon Willison discusses open-weight AI revolution on Oxide and Friends podcast

Simon Willison joined Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal on their podcast, "Oxide and Friends," to discuss the recent "open weight revolution" in AI. The conversation highlighted how open-weight models are now competitive with proprietary frontier models, referencing Kimi k3 as an example. They also touched upon cybersecurity incidents, public letters concerning open weights and AI leadership, and various other topics including specific AI models and historical events. AI

IMPACT Discusses the growing competitiveness of open-weight AI models against proprietary ones.

RANK_REASON Podcast discussion about AI trends and models.

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Simon Willison discusses open-weight AI revolution on Oxide and Friends podcast

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Oxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison

    <p><strong><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/the-open-weight-revolution-with-simon-willison">Oxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison</a></strong></p> On Monday Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal invited me to join their podcast to …

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Oxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/oxide-and-friends/#atom-everything # AI # OpenSource # T

    Oxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/oxide-and-friends/#atom-everything # AI # OpenSource # Tech