Your Own LLMs: Running Large Language Models on Your Computer

No prior knowledge required. This workshop offered by the AI+ Studio in the University Libraries will show you how to set up and run open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) directly on your own computer—giving you private, fast, and flexible AI without relying on cloud services. You will know:

• Brief history of LLMs
• What hardware local LLMs require
• How to install and run popular models (LLaMA, Phi, Gemma, Qwen, etc.) using Ollam or webUI
• How to choose the right model size and quantization
• The privacy benefits of running models locally

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