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[Debating RSI, the US-China Gap, and Jaggedness with JS Denain of Epoch AI](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/debating-rsi-the-us-china-gap-and)
[Podcast #19](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/debating-rsi-the-us-china-gap-and)
Sep 22 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[The current balance of power in open models](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/the-current-balance-of-power-in-open)
[The expanded form of a testimony I prepared for Congress.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/the-current-balance-of-power-in-open)
Sep 21 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Why I still haven’t bought into true RSI](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/where-i-stand-on-rsi)
[An “AI moderate’s” view on recent events and the trajectory of frontier models.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/where-i-stand-on-rsi)
Sep 19 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Open-Source AI & Open Models Reading List](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/open-source-ai-reading-list)
[How to get up to speed on open models and their implications.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/open-source-ai-reading-list)
Sep 11 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[One resignation turned the embers of AI fear into a wildfire](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/one-resignation-turned-the-embers)
[Some quick notes on a truly weird week.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/one-resignation-turned-the-embers)
Sep 10 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[When will average people feel AI’s impact?](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/when-will-average-people-feel-ais)
[We’re <5 years into a compounding revolution which could take a century, and how the AI industry should manage this.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/when-will-average-people-feel-ais)
Sep 9 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Latest open artifacts (#24): Motif-3, GLM-5.3, Hy4-preview and open model licenses](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/latest-open-artifacts-24-motif-3)
[The open model ecosystem continues to expand in its breadth](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/latest-open-artifacts-24-motif-3)
Sep 8 • [Florian Brand](https://substack.com/@xeophon) and [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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### August 2026
[Teaching Everyone to Fish for Tokens](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/teaching-everyone-to-fish-for-tokens)
[Nvidia wants you building your own model, not buying from Anthropic/OpenAI.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/teaching-everyone-to-fish-for-tokens)
Aug 17 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[GLM-5.3: How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontier](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-53-how-chinese-labs-keep-stride)
[Hint: It’s really not a distillation story.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-53-how-chinese-labs-keep-stride)
Aug 14 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[I wrote an AI textbook — how long until AI can do it better?](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/i-wrote-an-ai-textbook-how-long-until)
[Reflections on AI's writing ability and how AI models get more capable.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/i-wrote-an-ai-textbook-how-long-until)
Aug 12 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[5 useful things you'll learn in my new post-training textbook (shipping now!)](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/5-useful-things-youll-learn-in-my)
[Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback is coming to a neolab near you.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/5-useful-things-youll-learn-in-my)
Aug 10 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Lessons from the hacks](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/lessons-from-the-hacks)
[Musings on model alignment, what determines safety, and where we go from here.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/lessons-from-the-hacks)
Aug 9 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Introducing our Artifacts Hub and Adoption Dashboard](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/introducing-our-artifacts-hub-and)
[Scaling our curation and measurement of the open ecosystem.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/introducing-our-artifacts-hub-and)
Aug 3 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Latest open artifacts (#23): Laguna S2.1, Inkling, & Kimi K3 show the utility of open models on the Pareto frontier](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/latest-open-artifacts-23-laguna-s21)
[Capacity to train strong models is proliferating.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/latest-open-artifacts-23-laguna-s21)
Aug 2 • [Florian Brand](https://substack.com/@xeophon) and [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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### July 2026
[Open models recap: more on Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, Xi's WAIC speech, distillation, the open-closed gap, and what's next](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/open-models-recap-more-on-kimi-k3)
[A podcast with Florian Brand.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/open-models-recap-more-on-kimi-k3)
Jul 22 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert) and [Florian Brand](https://substack.com/@xeophon)
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[Kimi K3: The open-weights escalation](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/kimi-k3-the-open-weights-escalation)
[The global implications on the AI ecosystem.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/kimi-k3-the-open-weights-escalation)
Jul 20 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[6 months to live for open models](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/6-months-to-live-for-open-models)
[Staring down the barrel of policy action that could make open models a permanent second class citizen.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/6-months-to-live-for-open-models)
Jul 12 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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### June 2026
[Latest open artifacts (#22): Zyphra, Cohere, and Poolside are expanding the breadth of the ecosystem](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/artifacts-22-zyphra-cohere-and-poolside)
[An assessment of the open ecosystem and the motivations behind releasing models](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/artifacts-22-zyphra-cohere-and-poolside)
Jun 28 • [Florian Brand](https://substack.com/@xeophon) and [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-52-is-the-step-change-for-open)
[A capability threshold I've been carefully monitoring.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-52-is-the-step-change-for-open)
Jun 22 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Banning Open Source AI Would Be A Mistake](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/banning-open-source-ai-would-be-a)
[This post was originally an op-ed co-authored with Kevin Xu of Interconnected for a general, non-technical audience.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/banning-open-source-ai-would-be-a)
Jun 19 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert) and [Kevin Xu](https://substack.com/@kevinsxu)
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[State of the blog, mid-2026](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/state-of-the-blog-mid-2026)
[About 3 years since I started writing weekly.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/state-of-the-blog-mid-2026)
Jun 17 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Frontier post-training recipe review with Finbarr Timbers](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/frontier-post-training-recipe-review)
["Interview" #18](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/frontier-post-training-recipe-review)
Jun 16 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Welcome to the AGI era of AI governance](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/welcome-to-the-agi-era-of-ai-governance)
[It's a one-way door and we weren't ready for it.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/welcome-to-the-agi-era-of-ai-governance)
Jun 14 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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[Claude Fable 5 and new AI safety fables](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/claude-fable-5-and-new-ai-safety)
[One step further into the power politics of frontier AI systems.](https://www.interconnects.ai/p/claude-fable-5-and-new-ai-safety)
Jun 9 • [Nathan Lambert](https://substack.com/@natolambert)
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