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Cohere releases Apache 2.0 licensed coding model for local use

Cohere has released a new coding model that is available under the Apache 2.0 license. This model can be run locally on a machine with 20 GB of RAM and maintains over 99% of its original performance through a 4-bit quantization. The model is accessible on Hugging Face. AI

IMPACT Enables developers to run a capable coding model locally with minimal hardware requirements.

RANK_REASON This is a release of a specific model, but not from a frontier lab, and it's focused on local deployment and accessibility rather than a major capability leap.

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Cohere releases Apache 2.0 licensed coding model for local use

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This is a release of a specific model, but not from a frontier lab, and it's focused on local deployment and accessibility rather than a major capability leap.
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  1. X — Cohere TIER_1 English(EN) · cohere ·

    RT @nickfrosst: now seems like a good day to remind people we have an apache 2.0 coding model you can run with 20 gigs of ram locally for f…

    RT @nickfrosst: now seems like a good day to remind people we have an apache 2.0 coding model you can run with 20 gigs of ram locally for f…