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So you are right, Laya did come first in terms of "System One" models. It is also open weight.
Though HuggingFace own benchmark suggests Jev is better:
https://huggingface.co/blog/sora-2/jev-vs-laya-hosted-api-or-open-weights-2026-guide
74.4 vs 54.4 composite score. I think the big deal is Jev has 64k context while Laya only 512.
Of course benchmarks only tell a small part of a bigger story, so I certainly admit that Laya might be better beyond the fact it can be self hosted.
But there is something strangely satisfying in seeing Jev play Doom in real time: https://lumadock.com/blog/what-is-jev-typesafe
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