Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost
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An open-weight model that claims GLM‑5.2‑level reasoning with far less inference compute is a direct shot at the cost structure of high-end LLM deployments. If you’re locked into expensive closed models for reasoning tasks, it’s time to budget a serious Beam-style bakeoff as soon as weights drop.
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