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The frontier premium just died — here's what your company does about it

European firm gave its newest AI model away in London. Open models have all but caught the frontier — so you can finally own your intelligence, not rent it.

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Amer Altaf
Jun 11, 2026
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  • Most companies “rent” AI: they send their data to a black box in someone else’s data centre and pay by the use. You can’t see inside it, and you can’t take it home.

  • “Open-weight” …

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