open weights models

Open weights models are increasingly being positioned as serious enterprise infrastructure, as seen in recent releases from Google, Alibaba, Microsoft, and Nvidia. These models are smaller, more specialized, and easier to run, tune, and deploy behind corporate firewalls. This shift highlights a growing divide between frontier AI and the models most businesses can practically use, a trend that may define 2026. Discussions on WindowsForum cover how open weights models enable enterprises to maintain control over their AI deployments while leveraging advanced capabilities.