OpenAI Just Released gpt-oss: A Free LLM That Beats Most Paid Models
OpenAI just dropped its first open-weight models since GPT-2 — a big move that shifts its usual strategy. Announced on August 5, the new models, called gpt-oss, are fully open-source under the Apache 2.0 license. That means anyone can download them, tweak them, and run them locally without any restrictions. This release comes as open-source AI is gaining momentum, with players like Meta and Mistral pushing strong alternatives. gpt-oss includes two models: Both are optimized to run directly on local hardware — no internet, no API needed — and still support features like chain-of-thought reasoning, tool use, and large context windows. While OpenAI continues to build out its paid API offerings, […]
