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Models2026-08-21 · source-backed
JonathanColetti's Uncensored-GGUF at 1.13M downloads, the Uncensored-FP8 at 108k, HauhauCS's aggressive-MTP GGUF at 357k, OBLITERATUS at 124k, plus unsloth's GGUF at 5.8M. Base Qwen3.8-27B sits at 1.73M downloads and 11.8k likes. Hugging Face Derivative downloads now exceed the original's. Published refusal numbers on one abliterated build show AdvBench dropping 99.0% to 0.0% and StrongREJECT 97.3% to 2.0% with thinking off, across at least four independent repos in one week (Hugging Face). Weight-level refusal removal on a 27B open model is a commodity now, not a research demo. Whatever you think about that, it's the operating reality for anyone reasoning about open-weight safety.
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Hugging Face partners with NVIDIA / Shared entities / Same source domain / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Hugging Face partners with NVIDIA); both cover GGUF, Hugging Face, Qwen3; reported by the same outlet (huggingface.co).
Hugging Face supports Reachy Mini / Shared entity: Qwen3 / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Hugging Face supports Reachy Mini); both cover Qwen3; earlier Qwen3 coverage from 2026-07-31.
Hugging Face partners with Open Secure AI Alliance / Shared entity: Hugging Face / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Hugging Face partners with Open Secure AI Alliance); both cover Hugging Face; earlier Hugging Face coverage from 2026-07-27.
Hugging Face released Ettin Reranker / Shared entity: Hugging Face / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Hugging Face released Ettin Reranker); both cover Hugging Face; earlier Hugging Face coverage from 2026-05-20.
Hugging Face partners with NVIDIA / Shared entity: Qwen3 / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Hugging Face partners with NVIDIA); both cover Qwen3; earlier Qwen3 coverage from 2026-02-25.
Hugging Face partners with NVIDIA / Shared entity: Hugging Face / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Hugging Face partners with NVIDIA); both cover Hugging Face; earlier Hugging Face coverage from 2026-07-27.
Linked by a graph relationship (Hugging Face partners with NVIDIA); both cover Hugging Face; earlier Hugging Face coverage from 2026-07-25.
Claude Code uses Hugging Face / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude Code uses Hugging Face); both cover GGUF, Hugging Face; reported by the same outlet (huggingface.co).