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I turned my old phone into a local LLM server, and it handles productivity tasks better than I expected

Thanks to some llama.cpp wizardry, Gemma 4 runs well on my outdated phone ...

[Thinking about Local LLMs Day 13] Reading 1 token takes 0.88ms, writing takes 87.5ms — Measuring the 100x difference between prefill and decode with a custo…

Even if you paste a long prompt, you only have to wait for the first moment. After that, the text flows out slowly. This ...
NextBigFuture

Tokens and Tokenization are an Important for Fundamental LLM Understanding

Tokens are the fundamental units that LLMs process. Instead of working with raw text (characters or whole words), LLMs convert input text into a sequence of numeric IDs called tokens using a ...
VentureBeat

How Gradient created an open LLM with a million-token context window

In a recent collaboration, AI startup Gradient and cloud compute platform Crusoe extended the “context window” of Llama-3 models to 1 million tokens. The context window determines the number of input ...
VentureBeat

Which LLM should you use? Token Monster automatically combines multiple models and tools for you

Token Monster, a new AI chatbot platform, has launched its alpha preview, aiming to change how users interact with large language models (LLMs). Developed by Matt Shumer, co-founder and CEO of ...
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A surprising language beats English and Chinese in LLM tests, based on new academic study

A new multilingual benchmark shows Polish outperforming English and Chinese in long-context LLM tests, depicting how script and tokenization shape accuracy. Results show that language structure ...
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LLM From Scratch is a hands-on workshop where you write every piece of an AI from nothing

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...