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Ollama v0.40.9-rc3 adds Gradium Phonon checkpoint support

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Ollama has released version v0.40.9-rc3, which introduces support for Gradium Phonon checkpoints. This update replaces the prerelease checkpoint path with Gradium's GA format, includes default-voice import and speech conditioning, and sets a minimum version of 0.40.9. The release also updates speech documentation and tests the import and inference setup for the new checkpoint format. AI

IMPACT Improves local AI model deployment by adding support for new checkpoint formats.

RANK_REASON This is a release of a specific version of the Ollama software, which is a tool for running AI models locally.

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Ollama v0.40.9-rc3 adds Gradium Phonon checkpoint support

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  1. Ollama — Releases TIER_1 English(EN) · dhiltgen ·

    v0.40.9-rc3: Support GA Gradium Phonon checkpoints (#19227)

    <p>Replace the prerelease checkpoint path with Gradium's GA format, including default-voice import and speech conditioning. Set the 0.40.9 minimum, update the speech docs, and test import, inference setup, and rejection of the old checkpoint.</p>

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