XDA Developers on MSN

I used Meta Llama 4, Qwen 3-Coder and Gemma 4 to develop a Python app, and only one model is worth keeping for developers

Putting some of the best local models to the development test ...
Virtualization Review

Running AI Locally, Part 2: From VMware Context to Hands-On Tools

Tom Fenton moves from local AI concepts to hands-on tools for matching LLMs to hardware, running local chatbots with Ollama and benchmarking AI performance.
XDA Developers on MSN

Local LLMs finally beat cloud AI for coding, automation, and brainstorming — here's which ones I use

There's always a local model that can replace your AI subscription ...

Why Weibo’s tiny VibeThinker-3B has the AI world arguing over benchmarks again

B, a 3-billion-parameter AI model, is challenging OpenAI, Google and DeepSeek on math and coding benchmarks while reigniting the debate over AI scaling, benchmark gaming and small-model reasoning.
InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...
Communications of the ACM

Beyond the Pipeline: A Gender Lens on Priorities and Exit Triggers in the High-Tech Industry

Among early- and mid-career computer science graduates, men are more likely than women to report no intentions to leave their ...