Interconnects (Nathan L.)Feb 17, 2026, 5:27 PMNathan Lambertimportant 80

開源模型陷入「永久追趕」:開源與閉源的差距、蒸餾、創新週期與開源的勝算

Original: Open models in perpetual catch-up

This article by Nathan Lambert takes a deep dive into the tangled competitive dynamics between open-source and closed-source AI models…

本文探討開源與閉源 AI 模型之間的動態關係。開源模型(如 Llama、DeepSeek)常利用閉源模型的輸出進行「蒸餾」來快速追趕,但這也讓它們始終落後一步。儘管如此,開源模型憑藉著低成本、高客製化與強大的開發者生態,在實用普及度上依然能取得勝利。然而,要打破這種「永久追趕」的狀態,開源社群仍需在基礎架構創新與自主強化學習(RL)上取得突破。

This article by Nathan Lambert takes a deep dive into the tangled competitive dynamics between open-source and closed-source AI models. Lambert argues that despite the remarkable progress open-source models have made over the past year, they are fundamentally trapped in a state of "Perpetual Catch-up."

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