From TechCrunch · Aditya Mehta · · 1m 20s
Recursive launches Flint, AI coding model
Recursive's AI-built Flint coding model runs on laptops and outperforms rivals.
In brief
Recursive's AI-built Flint coding model runs on laptops and outperforms rivals. Recursive released Flint, a free laptop coding model built largely with AI that outperforms competitors on software bug fixes. Originally reported by TechCrunch.
Recursive launches Flint
Recursive released Flint, a free coding model that runs on laptops and was built largely with AI.
Eureka Machine built Flint
Recursive's automated research system, the Eureka Machine, helped build Flint in under four months.
Flint is self-improving AI
Flint is an early test of recursive self-improvement where AI builds better AI.
Flint runs offline
Developers can use Flint offline to keep code private and avoid cloud fees.
Flint uses 2.5B parameters
Flint uses 2.5 billion of its 40 billion settings for any task, making it laptop-friendly.
Flint outperforms rivals
Flint generated 131 tokens per second on a MacBook Pro, twice as fast as competitors.
Flint scores high on benchmarks
Flint outperformed models under 50 billion parameters on real software bug fixes.
Flint is free on Hugging Face
Flint is free to download on Hugging Face under Apache 2.0 license.
Recursive's long-term goal
Recursive aims for full recursive self-improvement with human oversight.
The essence
Recursive released Flint, a free laptop coding model built largely with AI that outperforms competitors on software bug fixes.
