CamachoLLM 27B 'top European model' revealed as prank: one param nudged by 0.00000001
CamachoCollados · x · 2026-09-04
The author first announced CamachoLLM 27B as the top European AI model, claiming parity with the latest Qwen and wins over Quasar and Mistral — then revealed it was Qwen3.8 27B with parameter #478566 incremented by 0.00000001. A satire of leaderboard culture and 'fine-tune to SOTA' marketing.
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