Date: 11/26/2025
Alright, let’s dive into some local LLM news, and this one is a big one: Liquid AI just dropped LFM2-VL! This feels like a real turning point for local AI.
Summary: Liquid AI has released LFM2-VL, touted as the world’s fastest and best-performing open-source small foundation model. The key point here? It’s designed to run directly on your phones, laptops, even wearables.
Key Points:
- Blazing Speed: They’re claiming up to 2x faster inference than competitors.
- Device-Aware Efficiency: Designed to run efficiently on resource-constrained devices.
- Impressive Benchmarks: Rivaling much larger, closed-source models, all while running locally.
- Open Source: This is huge for accessibility and community development.
Why It Matters:
LFM2-VL isn’t just another model; it’s proof that advanced multimodal AI (we’re talking vision and language) can now run offline, privately, and efficiently on the devices people already own. This is what we’ve been waiting for! The potential applications are enormous: smart cameras, offline assistants, and so much more, all without relying on the cloud. This release from Liquid AI could really shift the AI industry off the cloud and into our pockets. This is amazing news for no-code builders looking to embed AI directly into user experiences.