Ah yes, the ol' "download 17GB to chat with a synthetic friend" trick. Marvel at the stunning #audacity to claim it's "fully-open"—you'll open your wallet for the storage space alone.
Meanwhile, GPT-3.5 and 4 are laughing from their cushy cloud thrones.
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/16/olmo2/ #syntheticfriends #openai #gpt3 #gpt4 #HackerNews #ngated