What Does This Mean?
An AI model run entirely on your own hardware rather than through a hosted API, chosen for privacy, offline access, or cost control at the expense of usually trailing frontier-model capability.
EXPLAINER
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Runs everything on a local model now, mostly so nothing sensitive ever leaves the machine."
LORE & ORIGIN
Became a meaningful distinct category once consumer hardware got capable enough to run genuinely useful models without a cloud subscription.
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MENTIONS OVER TIME
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