Recursive releases Flint coding model developed largely through AI research

Flint is designed to run locally on a laptop, with much of its development handled by Recursive's own AI research system. TechCrunch describes the release as an early test of self-improving AI. According to RuntimeWire, the model has open weights and an Apache 2.0 license, while the company's performance and speed claims lack independent verification.

• TechCrunch reports that Flint is free.

Covered by 3 publishers within 5 hours of the first report.

• TechCrunch: Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI

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RTW RuntimeWire Recursive ships Flint, a local coding model built with automated AI research · Ryan Merket 2:02 PM

TC TechCrunch Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI · Aditya Mehta 4:27 PM

MT MarkTechPost Recursive Releases Flint, an Open-Weight 40B MoE Local Coding Model for Agents with 2.5B Active Params · Asif Razzaq 6:39 PM

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