Verge diary runs 125B-parameter Qwen 3.8 Flash Next locally via Hermes

A Verge writer testing local AI loaded Qwen 3.8 Flash Next, a 125-billion-parameter model at around 105GB, through Hermes Agent's onboarding model picker for on-device use on a 256GB unified-memory M5 Ultra Mac Studio, per an Oct. 11 diary entry.