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Models2026-08-20 · source-backed
A practitioner running a private trivia set found 3.8 failing questions 3.6 answered reliably, at every quantization and sampling setting tried, then checked Artificial Analysis' Omniscience evaluation and found the same regression in offline no-tool knowledge accuracy. The top reply corroborates from a different angle: 3.8 is markedly more eager to reach for web search, and with search and fetch disabled the gap is clear. (r/LocalLLaMA) The practical read: 3.8 appears tuned to lean on tools rather than weights. If you're building airgapped retrieval-from-weights, stay on 3.6.
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Both cover LocalLLaMA, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com); overlapping topics (against, back).
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Both cover Artificial Analysis, Qwen3; overlapping topics (against, analysi, artificial); earlier Artificial Analysis coverage from 2026-08-18.
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Both cover LocalLLaMA, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com); earlier LocalLLaMA coverage from 2026-08-13.
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Both cover LocalLLaMA, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com); earlier LocalLLaMA coverage from 2026-04-23.
Both cover LocalLLaMA, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com); earlier LocalLLaMA coverage from 2026-04-21.
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Both cover LocalLLaMA, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (reddit.com); earlier LocalLLaMA coverage from 2026-04-10.