Proprietary models are amazing! But sometimes what is of importance is configurability rather than raw power. This has led to the emergence of locally hosted models. Running AI locally gives users more control over their setup. With suitable hardware and tools like Ollama and LM Studio, capable models can run entirely on-device. But which models are worth running, […] The post Top 5 Local AI Models and How to Get Them appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.
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How OpenSmartRoute helps
For a team that routes through the router, a release like this is one catalogue entry. The new model competes on the next request against what the team already runs, on quality, cost and speed. If it answers well it earns more traffic; if it fails it gets less, with no code change in the app.
Any OpenAI-compatible provider works, as do open-weight models served locally. The catalogue at https://opensmartroute.ai lists models with their prices and live rankings, and the savings ledger shows what the routing saved against always using the most expensive option.