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True open-source models allow full access to training data and code, while open-weight models share the numerical parameters, or “weights,” that underlie them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

"A similar mechanism could underlie individual differences in responses to other rewarding stimuli," says author and neuroscientist Josep Marco-Pallarés of the University of Barcelona.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

Talk to some folks in your family whom you trust to make sure you’re not overstepping any unspoken boundaries that underlie family relationships.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

But the “frontier” language models that underlie ChatGPT and Gemini run in giant data centers, and are far too demanding for a phone.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

They concluded: The “motivation to disclose our internal thoughts and knowledge to others may serve to sustain the behaviors that underlie the extreme sociality of our species.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel