Oxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison
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On Monday, tech writer Simon Willison joined the Oxide and Friends podcast to discuss the latest in open weight AI models. The episode covered how systems like Kimi K3 are standing up to proprietary alternatives, plus ongoing cybersecurity concerns in AI and policy developments around open models and American AI leadership. Willison reflected that the conversation is already becoming outdated, with new model releases and security developments moving faster than a podcast can be published.
Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/oxide-and-friends/#...
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