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PH internet usage increased, 98.8% use mobile devices in 2024 — gov’t survey

Most Filipinos these days spend a considerable amount of time doing online activities, whether for entertainment, work, or academic purposes. It may not come as a surprise that the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Department of Communications Technology (DICT) recorded a surge in internet access and usage in 2024. The 2024 National Information and Communications Technology Household Survey (NICTHS) reports that most households in the Philippines have internet access; two out of three individuals, ranging from 10 years old and above, are those who are most active. “Internet access at home” is particularly defined by the survey as the general internet availability that most household members use at any time. Now, in 2024, 48.8 percent (that’s about 13.56 million) of households stated having internet access at home. This increases the percentage point to 31.1 compared to the 17.1 back in 2019. Regional Data points out the National Capital Region (NCR) and Central Luzon ...
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OpenAI’s new open-weight AI models can run on laptops and smartphones

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Ahead of the expected release of GPT-5, OpenAI has introduced two open-weight Artificial Intelligence models: GPT-OSS-20B and GPT-OSS-120B. These new models are claimed to be compatible with consumer devices like laptops and even phones.

Released under the Apache 2.0 license, these models are free to download, customize, and deploy via Hugging Face, making them widely accessible to developers.

OpenAI says these models are optimized for consumer-grade hardware and trained using reinforcement learning alongside techniques from its more advanced models like O3. The larger GPT-OSS-120B performs close to OpenAI’s O4 mini in reasoning benchmarks while running on an 80GB GPU, while the smaller GPT-OSS-20B matches the O3 mini on common benchmarks with just 16GB of memory.

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Unlike OpenAI’s flagship models, these are text-only and can’t generate images or videos. However, they support agentic workflows, meaning they can integrate with tools like web search and Python code execution. They also offer adjustable reasoning effort, full chain-of-thought processing, and structured outputs for customization.

CEO Sam Altman called the release a “big deal”, claiming these are the best open-weight models available, with performance rivaling the O4 mini. He emphasized OpenAI’s efforts to reduce safety risks, particularly in biosecurity, while believing the benefits outweigh potential downsides.

Source: OpenAI

This article, OpenAI’s new open-weight AI models can run on laptops and smartphones, was originally published at NoypiGeeks | Philippines Technology News, Reviews and How to's.


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