Research
92d agoLambert Forecasts 2026 AI Research Trends
Speculative projections for May 2026 highlight the tension between open and closed model ecosystems. Nathan Lambert predicts a surge in American open-source development and the rise of Gemini Flash 3.5. These shifts suggest a fragmented power struggle over model weights.
The Signal
Practitioners should prepare for more aggressive competition in the open-weights space.