AI: Local AI & Model Types
Open model families: Qwen, Llama, Gemma, Mistral, DeepSeek, GLM | Sri AI
Intermediate
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Course overview
A working tour of the open-weight families, their sizes, licences and real ability in our three languages, measured by you rather than taken from a leaderboard.
Level: Intermediate · Mode: Evenings, online
Who this course is for
Developers choosing a model for a product.
What you will learn
- Compare model families on your own tasks
- Understand each family's licence terms
- Benchmark models with an open harness
- Recommend a model with evidence
Syllabus
- Module 1: The open-weight landscape
- Module 2: Licences: Apache, MIT and custom
- Module 3: Reasoning and coding models
- Module 4: Multilingual ability for Sinhala and Tamil
- Module 5: Benchmarking it yourself
Final project
Every module ends in hands-on practice, and the course ends with a project you build and present. Your certificate names that project.
Before you start
Run your own AI.