https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/projects/lightonocr-3/ Material changes in AI models, agents, engineering and infrastructure, with primary sources and recommendations. en Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:56:00 GMT https://derekwang2002.github.io/ai-intelligence/en/events/ev-20261008-04/ ev-20261008-04-published Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:02:40 GMT New TRIAL <p>LightOn released 0.8B, 1B and 4B LightOnOCR-3 weights. The models convert pages to Markdown; a grounding mode also emits labeled bounding boxes, image descriptions and chart data. The Apache 2.0 weights permit commercial use. Reproduction scripts are public, but the reported scores remain vendor-run.</p><p><strong>Why read: </strong>Open-weight OCR, grounding and chart parsing provide an engineering candidate that can be tested directly on local documents.</p><p>Recommendation: TRIAL</p><p>Sources: <a href="https://huggingface.co/blog/LightOnOCR/lightonocr-3">LightOnOCR-3</a> · <a href="https://huggingface.co/LightOnAI/LightOnOCR-3-4B-1025">LightOnOCR-3-4B-1025</a></p>