@TheAhmadOsman: Been playing with @PrismML's new model that turned Qwen 3.5 27B into a sub-4GB and sub-6GB weights and I am impressed C…
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PrismML released a compressed version of Qwen 3.5 27B that fits in sub-4GB and sub-6GB memory, enabling impressive local AI performance.
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Been playing with @PrismML’s new model that turned Qwen 3.5 27B into a sub-4GB and sub-6GB weights and I am impressed
Cannot believe how far Opensource and Local AI have come since Christmas (~8 months ago)
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