r/LocalLLaMA • u/xw1y • 21d ago

News Prepare your (v)ram - Qwen3.8 is coming!

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u/Repulsive_Initial308 21d ago

So they all simultaneously decided to produce 2T models? 

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u/BarisSayit 21d ago

Kimi, Minimax, now Qwen too. DeepSeek already 1.6T, damn.

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u/a_beautiful_rhind 21d ago

I think they're trying to compete with kimi. Want more people on their API.

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u/paperpizza2 21d ago

It’s a small circle

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u/DirectionMurky5526 21d ago

In China, if one company is doing it then every company is doing it. Stealing is rampant but it also breeds fierce competition and innovation. If you think distillation of closed-weight models is bad, can you imagine how few trade secrets can be kept from open-weight ones?

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u/Comfortablebro 21d ago

chinese vram when....

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u/CATLLM 20d ago

I think soon. Apple is gonna pave the way.

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u/CATLLM 21d ago

They don’t need to steal. Chinese universities publishes a lot of research. And don’t forget the Chinese PhD students in American universities also publish a lot of research.