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Open models, explained

What open models are, what people get wrong and how Australian teams can test them on their own work.

18 minutes Watch now, free Slides included

Paul Towers, Head of Sales ANZ, and Joel Brilliant, AI Solutions Engineer

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Six things you'll take away

Slide from the webinar: Open models are close behind

What's covered

  1. Welcome0:00
  2. What open models are2:49
  3. How good they are5:30
  4. Common misconceptions7:18
  5. Ways to run them11:07
  6. Why it matters here11:47
  7. How to get started15:15
All 30 chapters
  1. 0:00Welcome and What This Webinar Covers
  2. 0:34The Question We Hear Most
  3. 1:27Your Speakers
  4. 1:43Who We Are
  5. 2:20Agenda
  6. 2:49Open Weights vs Open Source
  7. 3:33Licences in Plain English
  8. 4:17Why You Re-Check the Licence When You Switch
  9. 4:39Tokens, Parameters and Context Windows
  10. 5:30How Close Open Models Are Now
  11. 5:48The Price Gap
  12. 6:02When You Don't Need the Most Powerful Model
  13. 6:28Open Models You'll Hear About
  14. 7:18Six Common Misconceptions
  15. 7:38"Open Means Free"
  16. 7:59"Open Means Anyone Can See My Data"
  17. 8:37"A Chinese Model Sends My Data to China"
  18. 8:52"Cheapest per Token Is Cheapest Overall"
  19. 9:33"We'd Have to Run It Ourselves"
  20. 9:48Who Made a Model vs Where It Runs
  21. 11:07Three Ways to Run an Open Model
  22. 11:47Why Australian Teams Are Looking at Open Models
  23. 12:14Data Control and the Privacy Act
  24. 12:59Transparency
  25. 13:39Cost
  26. 14:31Choice
  27. 15:15How to Get Started
  28. 16:17Where Xinference Fits
  29. 17:58Wrap-Up and Next Steps

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Questions

How long is the webinar?

About 18 minutes. The chapter list below the takeaways shows what is covered and when.

Who is it for?

Business and technical leaders who use AI tools today and want to know whether open models could work for them, without the jargon.

Does it cost anything?

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Can I get the slides?

Yes. Once you fill in the form, the slides download as a PDF, and the download button stays under the video.

Is this legal advice?

No. The privacy sections are general information only. Speak to your own advisers about your obligations.

Can I try open models on my own work?

Yes. Model API gives you frontier open models through one OpenAI-compatible API, or talk to an engineer about your use case.

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