What is the next SOTA model you are excited about?

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 5/9/2026

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Key Points

  • The post asks the community what the next state-of-the-art (SOTA) local or open model people are excited about.
  • It notes that a recent DeepSeek v4 preview reportedly did not significantly outperform v3.2.
  • The main focus is on upcoming open/local LLM progress rather than a specific new release from a single source.
  • The discussion is framed as community opinions about where model quality improvements may come next.

We had deepseek v4 preview recently but it wasn't much better than v3.2. What is the next SOTA local/open model you are excited about?

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