ModelsNovember 12, 2026

Tether AI Research releases QVAC BotPsy-0.8B for on-device tool use

Tether AI Research announced the release of QVAC BotPsy-0.8B on 11 November 2026. The release is an open-weight, 0.8-billion-parameter model built to support tool-using artificial intelligence on personal devices.

Why it matters

Small open-weight models may allow engineering teams to execute agentic tool-calling workflows locally on client hardware, though practical execution limits at this parameter size remain to be verified.

Key points

Tether AI Research announced the QVAC BotPsy-0.8B release on 11 November 2026.
The model contains 0.8 billion parameters and is made available under an open-weight format.
The software is designed specifically to run tool-using artificial intelligence workflows on personal devices.

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