Run a Local AI Model with Ollama
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EDITOR BRIEF
The article explains how to get a small language model running on your own machine with Ollama. It says the setup can be done in under 15 minutes.
INSIGHTS
This matters because local models help you practice AI without relying on cloud services. A good next step is to install Ollama and run a simple model to see how local inference works.
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