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Step 3.5 Flash is a cutting-edge, open-source large language model developed by StepFun-AI that pushes the frontier of efficient reasoning and “agentic” intelligence in a way that makes powerful AI accessible beyond proprietary black boxes. Unlike dense models that activate all their parameters for every token, Step 3.5 Flash uses a sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture that selectively engages only about 11 billion of its roughly 196 billion total parameters per token, delivering...

Piper is a fast, local neural text-to-speech (TTS) system developed by the Rhasspy team. Optimized for devices like the Raspberry Pi 4, Piper enables high-quality speech synthesis without relying on cloud services, making it ideal for privacy-conscious applications. It utilizes ONNX models trained with VITS to deliver natural-sounding voices across various languages and accents. Piper is particularly suited for offline voice assistants and embedded systems.