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Ollama adds Recursive's Flint model; .NET agent dev uses trace replay

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A new version of Ollama, v0.40.8, has been released, adding support for the Flint model. Flint is a 40 billion parameter mixture-of-experts coding model developed by Recursive, featuring a 262K token context window. This update also includes initial support for Flint on macOS, with broader GPU support planned for a future release. Additionally, a separate development focuses on improving AI agent evaluation through a .NET implementation of eval-driven development, which utilizes trace replay to test agent behavior without repeated model calls. AI

IMPACT Ollama's support for new models like Flint expands developer access to advanced AI capabilities, while eval-driven development practices improve the reliability and efficiency of AI agent deployment.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a software update for a tool (Ollama) and a development methodology for AI agents, rather than a core AI model release or research.

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Ollama adds Recursive's Flint model; .NET agent dev uses trace replay

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  1. Towards AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ali Süleyman TOPUZ ·

    Eval-Driven Development for a .NET Agent: Replaying Traces Instead of Re-Calling the Model

    <h4><em>How I ported a Python eval-driven setup to C#, why my LLM judge gave a dangerous answer a perfect score, and what I changed in the rubric afterwards.</em></h4><p>The moment I decided to take evals on my .NET agent seriously was not dramatic. I changed one sentence in a sy…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · whatsnew_fyi ·

    Ollama v0.40.8 Support for the Flint model from Recursive, a 40B-parameter mixture-of-experts coding model with a 262K-token context window, available via ollam

    Ollama v0.40.8 Support for the Flint model from Recursive, a 40B-parameter mixture-of-experts coding model with a 262K-token context window, available via ollama run flint; Flint is supported on MacOS; other GPU support will be enabled in a subsequent release https:// whatsnew.fy…

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