Open-source 27B writing model Hemmingway-1 tops GPT-5.5 on EQ-Bench

A two-person lab released Hemmingway-1, an Apache-2.0 licensed 27B writing-specialized model built on Qwen3.8, scoring 1330 on EQ-Bench 4 and beating GPT-5.5, with weights available on Hugging Face.

2026-09-21 ~ 2026-09-21 · 3 related posts

• Open-source Hemmingway-1: a 27B creative-writing model that beat GPT-5.5 in blind tests — Lukinator6446 · 2026-09-21
• Two-Person Lab Open-Sources 27B Writing Model Hemmingway-1, 1330 on EQ-Bench 4 — lukinator644 · 2026-09-21

1 near-duplicate retellings: Lukinator6446