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Topic: "local-llms"
Gemma 2 tops /r/LocalLlama vibe check
gemma-2-9b gemma-2-27b llama-3 mistral-7b phi-3 qwen gemma llamaindex mistral-ai cohere deepseek-ai nous-research eureka-labs model-comparison local-llms multilinguality model-efficiency fine-tuning ai-education ai-teaching-assistants andrej-karpathy
Gemma 2 (9B, 27B) is highlighted as a top-performing local LLM, praised for its speed, multilingual capabilities, and efficiency on consumer GPUs like the 2080ti. It outperforms models like Llama 3 and Mistral 7B in various tasks, including non-English text processing and reasoning. The community discussion on /r/LocalLlama reflects strong preference for Gemma 2, with 18 mentions, compared to 10 mentions for Llama 3 and 9 mentions for Mistral. Other models like Phi 3 and Qwen also received mentions but are considered surpassed by Gemma 2. Additionally, Andrej Karpathy announced the launch of Eureka Labs, an AI+Education startup aiming to create an AI-native school with AI Teaching Assistants, starting with the LLM101n course to teach AI training fundamentals. This initiative is seen as a significant development in AI education.