Spring for Open LLMs: 10 Architectures in January–February 2026

A review of ten open LLMs from spring 2026, focusing on architectural similarities and differences. Key models include Trinity Large, Kimi K2.5, Step 3.5 Flash, Qwen3-Coder-Next, and others.

Arcee AI Moonshot AI Alibaba/Qwen MiniMax Cohere

ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy authorial style

OpenAI's ChatGPT language model refuses to directly imitate the style of famous authors, instead offering text inspired by their "general qualities" while maintaining its own voice. This behavior is observed for both living and deceased writers, although previously the model was more willing to copy the style of deceased authors.

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