webAI releases open-weights TwIL-8B: 8.8B model hits 93% of frontier on coding
dr_cintas · x · 2026-11-05
webAI released TwIL-8B, an 8.8B open-weights model available on Hugging Face. Claimed performance: 93% of frontier models on coding, 92% on instruction following, 90% on contest math — a sign small local models are closing the gap with frontier systems. The model supports thinking toggles, tool calling, and reasoning effort levels for local deployment.
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