PrismML just dropped Bonsai 2 27B, a ternary local model that retains a claimed 98.2% of…
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27 BILLION parameters. 5.9 GB. PrismML just dropped Bonsai 2 27B, a ternary local model that retains a claimed 98.2% of the FP16 model’s performance. Vision. Tool calling. MCP. 262K context. Runs locally. THIS is the local AI race I care about.
Posted by Tony Simons (11.6k followers) 15 h ago · 28 likes · 2.2k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Dev Radar as AI dev tools.
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