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Ollama v0.40.9 adds speech generation and decision models

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Ollama has released version 0.40.9, introducing speech generation capabilities powered by Phonon on Apple Silicon. This new feature allows users to have Ollama speak text or chat model replies aloud as audio is generated, utilizing a streaming audio endpoint compatible with OpenAI's API. The update also includes d3 decision models in various sizes (2B, 4B, 9B, and 27B) for text classification tasks. AI

IMPACT Enhances user interaction with local AI models through speech output and adds new classification capabilities.

RANK_REASON This is a software update for a tool, not a frontier model release.

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Ollama v0.40.9 adds speech generation and decision models

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    Ollama v0.40.9 Speech generation with Phonon on Apple Silicon, where ollama run plays text or a chat model's reply aloud as audio is generated; Streaming audio

    Ollama v0.40.9 Speech generation with Phonon on Apple Silicon, where ollama run plays text or a chat model's reply aloud as audio is generated; Streaming audio generation through the OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/speech endpoint; d3 decision models, available in 2B, 4B, 9B, and 27B…

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