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1. Open-Source Strata Runs a 125-Billion-Parameter Model on a 12GB Gaming PC

   

   …uns the 125-billion-parameter Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on a gaming PC with 12GB of VRAM, passing 12,000 stars in 12 …

   Stories·Oct 5

2. Microsoft × NVIDIA Start Selling Surface Laptop Ultra: Runs 120B Models Locally, Top Config ~$7,000

   

   … can only run 4-bit quantized Qwen3.8-27B-class models; running 120B requires the 64GB / 128GB tiers. The leak…

   Stories·Oct 8

3. Mistral Debuts “Le Chonk”: Open-Weight Large 4 in Public Preview, Weights Drop Oct 27

   

   …open models such as DeepSeek, Qwen and GLM keep shipping in 2026. Why it matters Why it matters: It was traine…

   Stories·Oct 6

4. Nvidia-Backed Reflection Debuts Beam, Its First Open-Weight Frontier Model: 501B Params, 23B Active

   

   … China's open camp (DeepSeek, Qwen, Z.ai), Western open players (Mistral, Meta, Cohere), and the US rival Inkl…

   Stories·Oct 6