350M-param Pearl Chat shows native Luganda capabilities, public access soon
weskambale · x · 2026-11-14
Developer weskambale demos Pearl Chat, a new 350M-parameter model. A screenshot shows it answering questions about Uganda's Kasese District fluently in Luganda, citing figures like the 2014 population of 323,954 and a 2023 estimate of 478,900.
The author admits some info is still inaccurate and backend issues remain; Pearl Chat will open to the public soon for feedback-driven improvement. A rare small-model effort targeting a low-resource language.
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