It finally happened America has entered the frontier open weights model competition. We aren't rolling over to China Reflection announced Beam, a 501B parameter open weights model that is comparable to GLM 5.2, Qwen 3.8, and Opus 4.8 Yes, Opus 4.8 on your desk You will need a decent sized machine for this. Probably the Mac Studio 512gb But if you listened to me back in January when I warned you days like today were going to come, then you're all set I stand by Opus 4.5 being the most…