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Smaller models bring more AI capabilities on-deviceComputerworld notes a countercurrent to ever-larger models: compact models such as Tether's suite, the largest at about 4 billion parameters, some small enough to run offline on a basic smartphone. Needing a fraction of frontier systems' compute, lightweight models are shifting more AI applications from the cloud to local devices.
Tether offers free AI to bridge intelligence gapTether is building free infrastructure across AI, communication, finance and neurotechnology to narrow the global AI access gap. Microsoft data shows AI adoption stands at just 17.8% of the world's working-age population, with Global North adoption growing more than twice as fast as the Global South between H2 2025 and Q1 2026. Tether also says African languages remain largely neglected in machine translation research.
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