Rio de Janeiro city government releases 397B open-weight model

The Rio de Janeiro city government has released a new AI model on called Rio-3.5-Open-397B. The model is a Qwen fine-tune, meaning it was built by further training an existing Qwen model. The says it looks fairly close to Qwen 3.7 Plus, with the key difference that this one has .

The person sharing it says they work as a researcher for the Rio de Janeiro city government, which developed the model. The available text does not include numbers, running costs, hardware needs, or license details.

Key points

  • Rio-3.5-Open-397B is available on .
  • It is described as a Qwen fine-tune.
  • The key claim is that it is , unlike some closed hosted models.
  • The model was developed by the Rio de Janeiro city government, according to the .
  • No concrete , cost, hardware, or license details are included in the item.
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