Quantized weights offer a basis for evaluating local inference
A repository published on January 3, 2026, contains W4A16 weights for a 185-billion-parameter model, totaling 92 GB. The author says they ran 100 million tokens locally.
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What happened and what to do
The repository, published on January 3, 2026, contains W4A16 weights for a 185-billion-parameter model, totaling 92 GB. The author says they ran 100 million tokens locally. These details provide a concrete starting point for evaluating local inference with a large model.
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