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SMS Notifications

Last updated June 18, 2026

The Open Weights offers optional text-message alerts about new open-source AI model releases and major breakthroughs. This page explains exactly what the program sends and how you control it.

The program

The Open Weights sends optional SMS alerts to subscribers who opt in. There are two alert types, each controlled by its own toggle:

  • New major release — a text when a significant open-source model drops.
  • Weekly digest — a once-a-week summary of the open releases that mattered.

This is an account-notification program, not marketing. We do not send promotional or third-party content.

How to opt in

Opt-in is explicit and happens on your own account. There is no way to receive texts without turning them on yourself:

  • Create an account or sign in at theopenweights.com.
  • Add and verify a mobile number in your account settings. Verifying or signing in with a phone number only confirms the number — it does not subscribe you to texts.
  • Turn on the “New major release” and/or “Weekly digest” SMS toggles in your notification settings. You only receive the alert types you switch on.

The opt-in screen displays the program name, message-frequency and rate disclosure, opt-out instructions, and links to these Terms and our Privacy Policy at the point of consent.

Message frequency & rates

Message frequency varies and is capped by the limit you choose in your settings. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Sample messages

The Open Weights: new open model — Zhipu AI releases the MIT-licensed GLM-5.2 MoE. https://theopenweights.com/news/glm-5-2 Reply STOP to opt out.
The Open Weights: 6 new open releases this week. https://theopenweights.com Reply STOP to opt out.

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Privacy

We do not share, sell, or rent your mobile number or your SMS opt-in consent to any third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Numbers are used solely to deliver the texts you requested, through our messaging provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for full details.