AIKev moves to Qwen3.5 with three new checkpoints
Kev’s developer announced 0.8B, 4B and 9B checkpoints and a fine-tuning script usable with Modal, while noting that the switch slightly hurt local performance.
TLDR
Kev’s developer announced on September 21 that the project had been refactored on top of Qwen3.5, releasing 0.8B, 4B and 9B checkpoints alongside a fine-tuning script usable with Modal. The developer said Kev remained a bit overconfident and planned another training run that day to improve calibration. They also reported a slight regression in local performance and said they would try to ship MLX support that day. After those steps, they expected Kev to be ready to scale up to Qwen3.8-27B.
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Kev moves to Qwen3.5 with three new checkpoints
Kev’s developer announced 0.8B, 4B and 9B checkpoints and a fine-tuning script usable with Modal, while noting that the switch slightly hurt local performance.
TLDR
Kev’s developer announced on September 21 that the project had been refactored on top of Qwen3.5, releasing 0.8B, 4B and 9B checkpoints alongside a fine-tuning script usable with Modal. The developer said Kev remained a bit overconfident and planned another training run that day to improve calibration. They also reported a slight regression in local performance and said they would try to ship MLX support that day. After those steps, they expected Kev to be ready to scale up to Qwen3.8-27B.