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Equation 2 · Part 1 · Open-Weight AI in 2035: Scenarios and Falsifiers

Symbol W

W(t)W(t)
WW

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…jointly produce. Write O(t) for a stylised index of how close the strongest open-weight models sit to the closed frontier — Axis A’s own proxy, anchored in the Epoch and Artificial Analysis readings above [ 1 , 4 ] — and W(t) for the share of open-weight releases operating under standardized external governance: a regulatory regime that reviews them the way closed deployment is reviewed, or a licence that is genuinely OSI-compatible rather than bespoke [ 16 ] . Reaching and holding a position near the frontier…

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