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Ternary Bonsai 2 (27B) released, runs locally in browser

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Ternary Bonsai 2, a 27-billion parameter language model, has been released on Hugging Face. This model is derived from Qwen3.8-27B and utilizes ternary weights to achieve a size of less than 6GB, which is 9 times smaller than its FP16 counterpart while maintaining 98.2% of its intelligence. The model is capable of running locally in a web browser using WebGPU. AI

IMPACT Enables running powerful language models on consumer hardware and in browsers.

RANK_REASON Release of a new language model with a novel compression technique. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Ternary Bonsai 2 (27B) released, runs locally in browser

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

    Ternary Bonsai 2 (27B) just released on Hugging Face. At <6GB in size, it can even run locally in-browser on WebGPU.

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1wj6c4l/ternary_bonsai_2_27b_just_released_on_hugging/"> <img alt="Ternary Bonsai 2 (27B) just released on Hugging Face. At &lt;6GB in size, it can even run locally in-browser on WebGPU." src="https://external…

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