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Ant Group open-sources massive 560B parameter Ling-3.1-flash AI model

Ant Group has released its Ling-3.1-flash AI model, which boasts 560 billion parameters, as an open-source offering. This move makes a large-scale AI model accessible to a wider community of developers and researchers. The release prompts questions about the hardware requirements, specifically VRAM, needed to run such a substantial model. AI

IMPACT Makes a large-scale AI model accessible, potentially accelerating research and development in areas requiring significant computational power.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Ant Group open-sources massive 560B parameter Ling-3.1-flash AI model

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    Ant Group open-sources 560-billion-parameter Ling-3.1-flash AI model · TechNode https:// technode.com/2026/10/16/ant-gr oup-open-sources-560-billion-parameter-l

    Ant Group open-sources 560-billion-parameter Ling-3.1-flash AI model · TechNode https:// technode.com/2026/10/16/ant-gr oup-open-sources-560-billion-parameter-ling-3-1-flash-ai-model/ # ai anyone got the # vram for this? XD