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Reflection AI releases Beam, a 501B-parameter open-weight model

Original: Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model

Reflection AI has introduced Beam, a new open-weight AI model with 501 billion parameters. The release is drawing attention among AI developers and researchers, who are weighing its capabilities and licensing terms against other large open-weight models from major labs. Discussion centres on what a frontier-scale open-weight release means for competition in the AI industry.

Why now: A large 501B-parameter open-weight model release is notable given the ongoing race between closed and open AI models.

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