Summary
According to a post on X by @bnjmn_marie, Benjamin Marie has released GGUF files of Qwen3.8 27B made with the SLQ method from IST Austria's DASLab, built on top of Unsloth's UD GGUFs. The author says these files are better and smaller than the SLQ models he published last week. The "lossless" claim comes from the author, and the source only confirms that the model and code pages exist. The post also covers costs and ideas for improvements.
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What happened
Benjamin Marie released GGUF files of Qwen3.8 27B made with the SLQ method from IST Austria's DASLab, built on top of Unsloth's UD GGUFs, and says they are better and smaller than the SLQ models he published last week. The "lossless" claim is the author's; I only confirmed the model and code pages exist. His...
Why it matters
Developers who run open-weight models locally may care about this, since the author says the new files are smaller than his previous SLQ releases. The "lossless" label rests on the author's own statement, so independent testing will matter. Readers should look for the cost details and improvement ideas in his write-up and for any outside benchmarks.
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