Just yesterday Alex and I were discussing the need for better day-to-day vocabulary even as a user of language models.
Thankfully, the people of Olmo 3 were way ahead and are putting a stake in the ground that open AI development should include access to all layers of a models' creation.
To truly advance open AI development and research, the entire model flow – not just its endpoint – should be accessible and customizable.
The model flow is the full lifecycle of an LM: every stage, checkpoint, dataset, and dependency required to create and modify it. By exposing this complete process, the goal is to engender greater trust and enable more effective adaptation, collaboration, and innovation.
