Blogger urges readers to avoid OpenAI and Anthropic for open-weight models
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A blog post urges readers to stop using OpenAI and Anthropic and to run open-weight models such as GLM-5.3 privately or through providers like Tinfoil.
The author says open-weight models trail OpenAI and Anthropic's proprietary models by about four months.
The author's case rests on privacy and access. The post says ChatGPT and Claude keep user chat sessions accessible to the companies. It also says OpenAI and Anthropic control access to less restricted cyber-capable models through trusted-access programs.
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- Hacker News · AI (150+ points)BlogBlogger urges readers to avoid OpenAI and Anthropic for open-weight models
AIThe author argues that open-weight models such as GLM-5.3 are about four months behind OpenAI and Anthropic's proprietary models, and recommends running them privately or through providers like Tinfoil. The post says ChatGPT and Claude keep user chat sessions accessible to the companies, and that OpenAI and Anthropic control access to less restricted cyber-capable models through trusted-access programs.
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