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GLM-5.3 Uncensored EXL3 Quant: What It Takes to Run It Locally
GLM-5.3 Uncensored in EXL3 3.0bpw needs ~273GB and multi-GPU serving. Here's the hardware, TabbyAPI config, and a tool-calling bug to fix first.
Automate Form and Document Review with Open Image Decision Models
How open image decision models like Image-4B and Jev Omni let RPA bots judge scans, forms, and screenshots without custom training or OCR.
IQuest-Q1: How to Self-Host the 320B Agentic Coding Model
IQuest-Q1 is a 320B MoE coding model with 15B active params and 512K context. Here's what it takes to run it with SGLang or vLLM.
IQuest-Q1: A 320B MoE Model Built for Agentic Coding
IQuest-Q1 is a 320B MoE model with 15B active params and 512K context, designed for agentic coding with Claude Code and Codex CLI.
Limit 1B Violetto: Testing Paradigma's Tiny Math Model Locally
A local test of Limit 1B Violetto, Paradigma's 1B math specialist, covering install steps, VRAM use, and its tendency to drift off-topic.
Microsoft Autopilot: What the Always-On Copilot Agent Actually Does
Microsoft's Autopilot agent runs on OpenClaw tech and reaches 450M+ Microsoft 365 seats. Here's what it does and why distribution beats intelligence.
Microsoft FrogNano 4B: A Tiny Coding Model You Can Run Locally
Microsoft's FrogNano 4B is a 4B coding model built on Qwen 3.5, trained with RL. Here's how it runs locally and handles real bugs.
Naive-N0.5-Flash: Specs and Setup for the 309B MoE Coding Model
How to run Naive-N0.5-Flash locally: hardware needs, FP8 quantization, context window, and setup steps for this 309B MoE coding model.
Naive-N0.5-Flash: What's Inside This 309B MoE Coding Model?
Naive-N0.5-Flash packs 309B params, 15.5B active, native 1M context via sparse attention, and MIT-licensed weights aimed at coding and AI R&D.
Naive-N0.5-Flash API Pricing: $0.10/$0.40 and Ultrafast Mode Explained
Naive-N0.5-Flash charges $0.10 input, $0.40 output, $0.01 cache per million tokens, with Ultrafast mode hitting 2,000 tokens/sec.
OpenAI Ultrafast Mode: Pricing, Speed, and How to Access It
OpenAI's Ultrafast inference mode promises 300 tokens per second on Cerebras hardware, but it's locked to the $500/month Pro-500 plan at 6x cost.
AI Models Are Writing Less of Their Reasoning When They're Watched
New evidence shows frontier models write shorter chains of thought under monitoring, raising concerns about AI oversight and hidden reasoning.
Claude Skills Are Outdated: How to Update Them to Anthropic's New Rules
Anthropic quietly changed how Claude skills should be built. Here's how to audit existing skills against the new best practices.
How to Run Cloudflare's Clef 27B Decision Model Locally
A practical look at Cloudflare's open-source Clef 27B multimodal decision model: what it does, VRAM needs, and how it performs in local tests.
Clef 27B: Cloudflare's Multimodal Decision Model Explained and Tested
Cloudflare's Clef 27B reads images, video and charts to return calibrated probabilities instead of text. Here's how it works and what it got right.
Clef 27B vs Gemma, Llama: Which Decision Model Actually Wins?
Clef 27B, Cloudflare's multimodal decision model, goes up against Gemma and Llama on security, classification, and image tasks. Here's how it stacks up.
Codex Ultrafast on the $500 Plan: Worth the Usage Cost?
OpenAI Codex's Ultrafast mode promises 8x speed on GPT-6 Astra. Hands-on testing shows it can burn 17% of weekly usage in one task.
How Cortés Conquered the Aztec Empire With a Few Hundred Men
Cortés toppled the Aztec Empire not with firepower but with native alliances, steel weapons, horses, and ruthless political timing.
ElevenLabs v4: Natural Language Voice Direction Now on the Free Tier
ElevenLabs v4 and a Turbo variant let you direct laughter, pacing, and sound effects with plain text, and it's free to try now.
Is Gemini 3.8 Flash Free for Coding? Antigravity's Free Tier Explained
Google's Antigravity offers free weekly access to Gemini 3.8 Flash for coding agents. Here's how the setup works and what to watch for.
Gemini 4 Argon's Million-Token Output, Explained
Gemini 4 Argon can output a million tokens in one response. Here's why that ceiling matters for test-time compute and long agent runs.
Sergey Brin's Micro Kitchen Comeback: How Google Built Gemini 4 Argon
Sergey Brin's hands-on return and internal coding agent swarms helped shape Gemini 4 Argon, Google's strongest coding and research model yet.
HeyGen Video Pricing: What It Costs Per Second Right Now
HeyGen Video launches with per-second API pricing, a limited-time 50% sale, and a Minimax H3 fine-tune under the hood. Here's the breakdown.
How to Cluster Two NVIDIA DGX Sparks for Local LLM Inference
How to connect two NVIDIA DGX Sparks over RDMA and run tensor-parallel inference with vLLM for models too big for one unit.