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Rio de Janeiro's claimed homegrown LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model

A GitHub issue and Hacker News discussion (228 points, 125 comments) allege that a model presented as Rio de Janeiro's locally developed LLM is actually a merge of an existing model rather than an original creation. The case raises questions about transparency and provenance claims in government-backed AI projects. This is a community-driven investigation into potential misrepresentation of AI development origins.