🚨WTF. Nvidia-backed Reflection is preparing to release a powerful open-weight model that is set to shake up the AI race, with Axios sources expecting it to compete with the top Chinese open models while initially trailing the best U.S. frontier systems. I’m surprised. Axios also says a new wave of Western open-weight AI models is coming THIS MONTH. Companies will be able to download and customize Reflection’s model with their own private data, and sources say that setup can rival the most expensive frontier AI systems in some cases. Reflection has already been briefing people in Washington ahead of the launch.