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Epoch AI has listed a new report saying open-weight models trail closed models in cyber capabilities by six to seven months. That is the report’s headline finding, not a full comparison of what the models can do.

The listing gives no details on the models, tests or methods behind the estimate. Still, it puts a concrete claim about the open-versus-closed gap on the table, where the difference matters to both researchers and model users. The report appeared in Epoch AI’s latest-work listing on 16 October. The useful next step is seeing how the institute measured that gap, rather than treating a headline number as the whole story.

Discuss: Should a six-to-seven-month capability gap influence whether organisations choose open-weight models, or is that too broad a comparison without task-by-task results?

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