Nvidia has released Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open-source AI model that the chipmaker said is “lightweight,” can run on a single graphics processing unit (GPU) on a PC, and can be downloaded, used, and modified for free.

The release follows CEO Jensen Huang’s late-July call for US government support for open models, as Washington debated whether advances by Chinese AI companies and distillation techniques could pose national security risks.

Nvidia said it used distillation to give Nemotron 3.5 Lightning capabilities similar to its larger Nemotron models.

The company said CrowdStrike, CodeRabbit, and Harvey tested and customised the model.

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning will also be available on Hugging Face and Nvidia’s website.

🔗 Source: Nvidia

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