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Ollama releases v0.40.7 with Perplexity's 27B pplx-decider model

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Ollama has released version 0.40.7, featuring the new pplx-decider model. This 27B parameter decision model is a fine-tuned version of Qwen3.8-27B, developed by Perplexity. The update also enhances the `ollama show` command to provide more details about a model's renderer, parser, and chat template source. AI

IMPACT Enhances the capabilities of local AI model deployment and management tools.

RANK_REASON This is a software update for a tool that runs AI models, not a release of a frontier model itself.

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Ollama releases v0.40.7 with Perplexity's 27B pplx-decider model

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    Ollama v0.40.7 pplx-decider, a 27B decision model from Perplexity fine-tuned from Qwen3.8-27B, is available; ollama show reports the renderer and parser a model

    Ollama v0.40.7 pplx-decider, a 27B decision model from Perplexity fine-tuned from Qwen3.8-27B, is available; ollama show reports the renderer and parser a model uses and where its chat template comes from; The API exposes renderer, parser, and template_source fields with the same…

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