ggml.ai joins Hugging Face to secure the future of local AI

The creator of llama.cpp announced that ggml.ai is joining Hugging Face. The move aims to ensure the long-term sustainability and progress of local AI inference. The discussion on GitHub drew 329 points and 69 comments on Hacker News. Llama.cpp is one of the most widely used open-source projects for running LLMs locally on consumer hardware. Joining Hugging Face gives the project institutional backing and resources while aligning it with the largest hub for open AI models and tools.

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