Open-Weight Models Keep Closing the Gap
Open models now lag the frontier by 4 months, not a year. What DeepSeek V4, GLM-5.3 and the NIST 8-month verdict mean for local AI.
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MCP Ecosystem Growth: 47,000 Servers in One Year
MCP went from 10,000 to 47,267 registered servers, got Linux Foundation governance, and now pulls ~500M monthly SDK downloads.
Local AI Hardware Trends 2026: Prices, VRAM, Shortage
The 5090 hit $5,000 street, DRAM is up 400% since early 2024, and used 24 GB cards beat new on $/GB. What to buy for local AI in October 2026.