Have been taking different local open-weight LLMs for a test drive in different harnesses (Qwen-Code, Codex, Claude Code). 30B Mixture-of-Expert models are kind of a nice sweet spot and can solve challenging problems. And they get roughly 40 tok/sec on a Mac or DGX Spark, which
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Skepticism about 397B open source model matching Claude Opus 4.8
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This looks to good to be true. A 397B open source model on par or even outperforming Claude Opus 4.8? I need to check it out.
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AI regulation inevitability and open source resilience debate
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i dont think it was darios fault in the long run. i think at any point where AI becomes too powerful it would have been regulated. that being said, you cant ban open source that easily.
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Gemma 4 hits 200 million downloads
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Wow, Gemma 4 just hit 200M downloads! https://t.co/x5m5KJTGGy
— 机器之心 JIQIZHIXIN (@jiqizhixin) 26 juin 2026Wow, Gemma 4 just hit 200M downloads!
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Hunt an RTX 3090 to run Qwen 3.5 27B now
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I am not kidding, now is the time more than ever to hunt an RTX 3090 and learn how to run Qwen 3.5 27B
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Prediction: Opensource AI mass adoption within less than 18 months
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Prediction Opensource AI mass adoption within less than 18 months
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Local and open-source AI enters rocket acceleration phase, next week wild
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I am not just saying this We have entered the Local and Opensource AI rocket acceleration phase Next week is gonna be wild
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Companies overlook fine-tuned self-hosted GLM; users prefer brand names
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Most companies are not even thinking about giving every employee a fine-tuned self-hosted version of GLM that they need to update and keep harnessed and build connectors for. There are lots of places where roll-your-own AI stacks make sense, but end users want name brands.
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AI regulation will not ignore open source loophole
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The point is that AI regulation will not somehow ignore open source as a loophole.
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US can ban open weights models for companies
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As this post points out, contrary to what many say, the US government could absolutely effectively ban open weights models. That doesn’t mean you won’t be able to download the weights & run them, but they can ensure that no US company would use or provide access or host them