Section

LOCAL AI

Run AI locally: local inference, desktop tools, self-hosted servers, hardware requirements and deployment guides.

Editorial illustration of Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, multilingual speech recognition and speaker diarization

Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe: Local Setup, Multilingual ASR & Speaker Diarization

Set up NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe with NeMo Speech and vLLM, understand GPU requirements, multilingual ASR, diarization, translation and licensing.

Oct 29, 20264 min read
Illustrative graphics card on a workstation bench for an article about RTX 30 GPU unlock on Linux

GPU Unlock for RTX 30: Linux AI Benchmarks and Limits

GPU unlock boosts specific RTX 30 compute paths on Linux. Examine reported benchmarks, ComfyUI gains, LLM limits and card compatibility.

Oct 25, 20266 min read
Microphone beside a laptop displaying an illustrative audio waveform and transcript on a desk.

Granite Speech 5.0 Tutorial: Local Transcription, Setup & Whisper Comparison

Run IBM Granite Speech 5.0 locally for audio transcription and supported speech translation. Follow setup steps, hardware caveats and a fair Whisper comparison.

Oct 22, 202614 min read
Mistral Large 4 Le Chonk AI model with 1T total parameters, 49B active parameters and reasoning capabilities

Mistral Large 4 Open Weights Released: FP8, NVFP4, GGUF & Local Hardware

Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) open weights arrived October 29, 2026. Compare FP8, NVFP4, GGUF, hardware needs, licensing and hosted alternatives.

Oct 7, 20264 min read
Local AI: How to Run Generative AI on Your Own Hardware

Local AI: How to Run Generative AI on Your Own Hardware

Local AI explained: run LLMs, image and video models on your own hardware with private inference, self-hosted APIs, Apple Silicon and local workflows.

Sep 18, 202614 min read
Open Source LLMs: How to Choose, Run, and Deploy Local Language Models

Open Source LLMs: How to Choose, Run, and Deploy Local Language Models

Open-source and open-weight LLMs explained: model selection, quantization, local inference, hardware, APIs, licensing and practical deployment.

Sep 18, 20267 min read
Llamafile and Whisperfile running local AI and speech transcription on a laptop

llamafile & Whisperfile: Run Local AI From a Single Executable

Run local AI with llamafile and speech-to-text with Whisperfile. Includes the current path for users searching for a whisper-tiny.en.llamafile download, setup guidance, portability, and local inference.

Sep 15, 20263 min read
Compact desktop computer and monitor on a developer’s desk.

Rapid-MLX: A Local, OpenAI-Compatible AI Server for Apple Silicon

Rapid-MLX is a local AI server for Apple Silicon that runs LLMs on M-series Macs with OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs, CLI, desktop app and coding-agent support. License: Apache-2.0 (repository code).

Sep 15, 20263 min read