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EPISODE · Dec 18, 2025 · 37 MIN

Open models: Hot or Not with Nathan Lambert & Florian Brand

from Interconnects · host Nathan Lambert and Florian Brand

Nathan sits down with Florian, our open model analyst to get spicy into debates of which labs won and lost momentum in open models of 2025. Reflection 70B, Huawei repackaging someone else's model as their own, the fall of Llama — no drama is left unturned. We also dig into the nuances that we didn't get to in our post, predict GPT-OSS 2, the American v. China balance at the end of 2026, and many other fun topics.Enjoy & let us know if we should do more of this.For the full year in review post, and to see our tier list, click here: Watch on YouTube here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.interconnects.ai/subscribe

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Nathan sits down with Florian, our open model analyst to get spicy into debates of which labs won and lost momentum in open models of 2025. Reflection 70B, Huawei repackaging someone else's model as their own, the fall of Llama — no drama is left...

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