[ Video ] Testing Ling 3.0 Tiny on my 16GB MacBook Pro
Ling 3.0 Tiny is a surprisingly good model to run on a 16GB MacBook Pro. Test generation can go as fast as 45 tokens / second.
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Ling 3.0 Tiny is a surprisingly good model to run on a 16GB MacBook Pro. Test generation can go as fast as 45 tokens / second.
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You can now share your Grok bots. I had early access to the feature and I published my own before they went live. I explain how [...]
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