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Reddit users discuss relevant AI models from 2024-2025 still useful in 2026

A discussion on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA community is seeking recommendations for AI models from 2024 and 2025 that remain relevant and useful in 2026. The user is interested in identifying models, particularly Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architectures, that are worth archiving given the rapid pace of AI development. The conversation aims to curate a list of valuable models, considering users with ample storage capacity for large parameter models. AI

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Reddit users discuss relevant AI models from 2024-2025 still useful in 2026

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/UltraFOV ·

    What are the top AI Models that are still relevant today from 2024 and 2025?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>We are in 2026 and it has been a crazy year. The evolution of the technology has been staggering to say the least. Pretty much we are on the MoE period and dense models are almost in the way of the dodo except for a few.</p> <p>I was just thinkin…