Question 1

What is open-source AI?

Accepted Answer

Open-source AI is artificial intelligence where the components are published openly rather than locked behind a proprietary service. In its fullest form that means open-weight models you can download and run, plus open-source code for the software that serves them. Most services that call themselves open are open at one layer only. LibertAI is open at every layer: open-weight models, an open-source chat app and API infrastructure on github.com/libertai, and decentralized hosting on Aleph Cloud.

Question 2

Are open-source models as good as GPT-4-class models?

Accepted Answer

For most real workloads, yes. Top open models such as Qwen3.6, Gemma 4, DeepSeek V4 Flash, and GLM-4.7 are competitive with proprietary models on everyday chat, coding, reasoning, and tool use. To be honest about it: frontier proprietary models still lead on some of the hardest tasks. The trade-off is what openness buys you — auditability, no lock-in, and verifiable privacy — which matters more than a few benchmark points for many use cases.

Question 3

What's the difference between open-weight and open-source AI?

Accepted Answer

Open-weight refers to the model itself: the trained weights are published, so you can download the model and run it on your own hardware. Open-source usually refers to the software around the model — the serving infrastructure, chat app, and agent platform — whose source code is public. A model can be open-weight while the service running it stays closed. LibertAI is both: the models are open-weight and the platform that serves them is open-source.

Question 4

Can I self-host the same models?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every model LibertAI serves is open-weight, so the same models run on your own hardware with tools like vLLM or Ollama. You can use LibertAI's hosted, OpenAI-compatible API at https://api.libertai.io/v1 today and move to self-hosting later with no rewrite, because the weights and the interface are both open. That portability is the whole point — your exit is built in.

Question 5

Is the LibertAI platform itself open source?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Beyond serving open-weight models, the platform code is open: the chat app, the API infrastructure, and the LiberClaw agent platform are all on github.com/libertai, with the agents at github.com/Libertai/liberclaw. Anyone can read the code to audit the privacy claims, fork it, or self-host the entire stack.