Delip Rao: Laya got buzz for being early and tiny, not for being good
deliprao · x · 2026-09-25
AI researcher Delip Rao says Laya "is not a good model" — it drew buzz mainly because it was the first claimed alternative right after Jev's release and small enough to run locally. He cautions against putting much weight on observations from the model, relevant context for those experimenting with it for tasks like qualitative coding.
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