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Meet the Underdog Saluki 27B: A 2-bit Qwen3.8-27B That Beats the Original at Tool Calling

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Date Occurred Oct 09, 2026 07:23 UTC

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Recorded Oct 09, 2026

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<p>Underdog Saluki 27B is a 7.89 GB, 2-bit GGUF of Qwen3.8-27B under Apache 2.0. It beats the 54 GB original on tool calling but gives up ground on competition math and reasoning.</p> <p>The post <a h

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https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/09/meet-the-underdog-saluki-27b-a-2-bit-qwen3-8-27b-that-beats-the-original-at-tool-calling/

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Type AI News
Region Europe
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Indexed Oct 09, 2026

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