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Open Source AI Week 2026 | Open Weight Debate Night
The Open Weight Debate is where Open Source AI Week gets into discussion, opinions, & fun. We're bringing together sharp minds who actually like to debate & discuss with each other & putting them on stage to hash it out live. Real arguments, real examples, & real dialogue about the questions that matter most to the future of open source AI. We're hosting at GitHub HQ where the developer minds are at.
Agenda
5:30 PM - Registration & Networking
6:00 PM - Welcome & Event Overview
6:15 PM - Debate #1: Releasing open weights does more harm that goon
7:00 PM - Debate #2: Independent open-model labs are a bad venture bet
7:45 PM - Debate #3: Open Models will outperform closed in the next two years
8:25 PM - Closing Remarks & Next Event Announcements
8:30 PM - Event Concludes
Expect some spicy takes, a few surprises, & plenty of moments where you'll want to shout your own opinion at the stage. Whether you're firmly on one side of the debate or genuinely undecided, this is the session where things get interesting fast.
This is one of the highlight events of Open Source AI Week. Check out opensourceaiweek.com for the full lineup & more info on what else is happening throughout the week.
About the hosts
Microsoft delivers the cloud, AI, & data platforms that help researchers & enterprises build, train, & deploy intelligent systems at scale. Through Windows, Microsoft Foundry, & Azure computing infrastructure, Microsoft is accelerating scientific discovery & innovation from on device to cloud.
GitHub is the world's leading developer platform, helping millions of developers build software with AI. Through GitHub Copilot, open source collaboration, & developer workflows, GitHub is bringing agentic AI capabilities to researchers, startups, & enterprises alike.
Open Intelligence Foundation is a community-first nonprofit founded to protect, strengthen, & advance open-source AI, open models, & open science. The foundation also leads Open Source AI Week, a community-run initiative celebrating open-source AI.
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