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Z.ai Ships GLM-5.3 Without Retraining the Base Model: Better at Complex Coding and Long-Horizon Tasks — 2026-08-14
## Short Segments Needle 2 brings tool-calling AI to low-power devices with a tiny footprint. Cactus Compute's latest release, Needle 2, is a 45M-parameter model that ships as a 14MB binary and runs a full session in just 28MB of RAM. This model is designed for tool calling, device use, and structured extraction, making it ideal for constrained hardware environments like wearables and IoT devices. With no runtime installation required, Needle 2 offers impressive decode throughput, reaching up to 1,500 tokens per second on devices like the Meta Quest 3S and Apple Vision Pro. This makes it a…
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