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Recursive releases Flint, an open-weight 40B coding model built largely by its Eureka AI

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Recursive has released Flint, an open-weight 40B-parameter coding model, with most of its development automated by the company's Eureka Machine AI system. The release highlights Recursive's argument that using AI to build AI offers benefits that outweigh the risks.

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    Recursive releases Flint, an open-weight, 40B-parameter coding model developed with its Eureka Machine AI system, which automated most of the development (Will Knight/Wired)

    Will Knight / Wired : Recursive releases Flint, an open-weight, 40B-parameter coding model developed with its Eureka Machine AI system, which automated most of the development — Recursive makes the case that the benefits of using AI to build AI outweigh the risks. — For the past few days I've been testing …

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