OpenAI releases two open-weight AI models, including one that runs well on Apple Silicon Macs

Living up to its name, OpenAI has released not one but two new open-weight AI models after promising to deliver a new open-weight model earlier this year. The two models, gpt-oss-20b and gpt-oss-120b, are available to download for free now.

What makes open-weight models special? Specifically, these are AI models that can be downloaded and run on computers with adequate resources for powering local AI models. No internet connection is required because access to the model provider’s…