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21 Apr
The New Reality: incredible evolution of local open-source models

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1srkiuo/the_new_reality_incredible_evolution_of_local/"> <img alt="The New Reality: incredible evolution of

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
16 Jun
[Article] The Case For Open-Weight Models And Why We Can't Trust Frontier Labs | provos.org

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1u7hfh1/article_the_case_for_openweight_models_and_why_we/"> <img alt="[Article] The Case For Open-Weight

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
22 Apr
Recent Open models from last 6 Months - Nov 2025 - Apr 2026

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1sskmhv/recent_open_models_from_last_6_months_nov_2025/"> <img alt="Recent Open models from last 6 Months -

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
16 May
Why are more and more people switching from cloud LLMs to local or uncensored alternatives?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A noticeable trend is happening: more users are moving away from heavily aligned cloud models (like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) toward local or

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
23 Apr
Kimi K2.6 takes 1st overall of open weights models on Design Arena

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1st8l2u/kimi_k26_takes_1st_overall_of_open_weights_models/"> <img alt="Kimi K2.6 takes 1st overall of open

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
25 Mar
New Open-Source Physical AI Models from NVIDIA GTC 2026 – Feedback & Additions Welcome

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Just putting together a quick list of the new <strong>open-source physical AI / robotics models</strong> from <strong>NVIDIA GTC

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
30 Mar
Got a 9B Abliterated Claude-Distilled model running for my local hermes

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1s7xv6u/got_a_9b_abliterated_claudedistilled_model/"> <img alt="Got a 9B Abliterated Claude-Distilled model

OPINION · WHAT · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
1 May
DeepSeek V4 Flash as a cheap worker in your LLM stack: $0.0003/call via MCP, swappable endpoint

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Most of my LLM cost was on the wrong tier of work.</p> <p>Classification, extraction, JSON formatting, summarization I'm going to review anyway.

OPINION · HOW · LocalLLaMAOPEN STORY
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