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Closed model

A model reachable only through its vendor's API; the weights are not published.

GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable and Gemini are closed. Advantages: capability, features, no operations. Disadvantages: data leaves your environment and the vendor controls availability.

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Open-weight model

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