xAI releases Grok 2 (2.5) weights on Hugging Face
Grok 2 (2.5) weights released on Hugging Face — under xAI's own Grok 2 Community License rather than Apache 2.0
Why it matters
A turning point where the release policy retreated from Apache 2.0 to a custom community license. Because of its non-compete clause, opinions differ on whether it meets the open-source definition
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Presstechcrunch.comhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/08/24/elon-musk-says-xai-has-open-sourced-grok-2-5/Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week