TheDrummer returns with Artemis 31B v1/v1.1 and plans a crowdsourced inference platform

TheLocalDrummer · reddit · 2026-09-04

• Prolific local-model finetuner TheDrummer released Artemis 31B v1 and v1.1 (Gemma-based creative writing models): v1 excels at prose but has quirks, v1.1 trades some character for stability — both are available on Hugging Face.
• He reflects on past releases: Skyfall 31B v4.2 (his send-off for Mistral 24B), Rocinante 12B X / 16B XL, Anubis 70B v1.2, Valkyrie 49B v2.1 and more.
• Roadmap: finetunes of Gemma E2B/E4B/12B/26BA4B, Qwen 3.8 27B, Muse Glimmer 30B, Mistral Medium 3.5 128B, plus a HordeAI-like crowdsourced inference platform ("BeaverNet") where local hosters share GPU capacity. He's soliciting compute and inference credit donations.

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