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OpenAI just open-sourced two reasoning models under Apache 2.0. Here's why that changes everything.

Reporting by OpenAI Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

OpenAI releasing open-weight reasoning models (120B and 20B parameters) under permissive Apache 2.0 licensing signals a major shift in competitive strategy—making frontier reasoning capabilities accessible to the broader developer ecosystem rather than gatekeeping behind API walls.

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5 to know

  1. Two models released: gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b

  2. License: Apache 2.0 (permissive open-source)

  3. Capability focus: reasoning models

  4. Open-weight distribution (not just API access)

  5. Published August 5, 2025

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Publisher excerpt: We introduce gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, two open-weight reasoning models available under the Apache 2.0 license and our gpt-oss usage policy.
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