Yanah launches app for running 80B models locally on 8GB Mac
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Yanah has launched a local AI chat app that it says can run an 80B-parameter model on a Mac with 8GB of memory, with chat speeds close to real time. The app enables conversations without an internet connection, does not rely on the cloud, charges no subscription fee, and keeps data on the local device. Yanah says it uses new technology to compress the model to under 50GB, and on that basis argues that running a single AI does not have to depend on large data centers. Both the performance results and the compression ratio are Yanah's claims.
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A local AI app called Yanah claims to run an 80B-parameter model on an 8GB Mac at chat speed, keeping data private with no cloud, subscriptions, or internet needed to chat. The post explains that models store learned patterns as parameters in a file rather than the internet, and that a capable AI can fit in under 50 gigabytes.
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