AstaBrief 8B
Ai2 released AstaBrief 8B, an open-weights model that turns a research question and retrieved literature into a cited scientific report in one pass. The model and training data are available for download; it is also offered as Fast mode in Ai2’s Asta platform.
For buildersTry it on a small set of research questions with known source papers, then check citation support, omitted caveats, and whether the report is useful as a first draft.