local-models
8 posts
- Perplexity brings hybrid frontier and local AI to your Mac
Hybrid compute runs a classifier on your Mac to decide what reaches the cloud. The admin rules and the record of what left are Enterprise features.
- The Donkey Work Doesn't Need a Genius
A $500 fine-tune of a 9B open model beat every frontier model on a catalogue-review task. I haven't trained anything — but the underlying bet is the one I've been running on a MacBook Air for months.
- Kimi K3 Is Open. I Still Can't Run It.
2.8 trillion parameters, 1.4 terabytes of memory to run it. Open weights existing and open weights being usable by an ordinary person have stopped being the same claim.
- Boost Your Creative Writing with Local AI Models
The AI Download #019 April 11th, 2025 Dear Reader, Creative writing is experiencing a significant transformation thanks to advancements in Artificial…
- Why Local AI Models Deserve a Closer Look
The Download #013 February 21st, 2025 Dear Reader, With more countries blocking access to DeepSeek, an AI model linked to ByteDance, the conversation…
- 💾 The Download #011: Notes on DeepSeek, revisiting Make.com automations and more.
The Download #011 February 7th, 2025 Dear Reader, This week: Notes on DeepSeek, revisiting Make.com automations and more. In the last few weeks,…
- 💾 The Download #010: Photorealistic images in MidJourney, creative AI predictions for the next 5 years, AI tool of the week and more.
The Download #010 January 24th, 2025 Dear Reader, I don't know about you, but I'm feeling globally fatigued since the start of this week. Despite all…
- 💾 The Download #007: Data vis in Claude, new service launch, what AI is saying about you and more.
#007 Hello Reader, it's good to see you. The holidays are fast approaching, and hopefully you will be able to plan some down time and a reset. When I…
