I wanted to see how useful a small local model could be on my older computer, so I gave @OpenBMB’s MiniCPM5-2B a simple job. The machine: an Intel i5-9400F with 16GB of RAM, running Linux. I built MiniCPM News Desk around something I already spend time doing: keeping up with AI and tech news. ☕ On my machine, it’s connected to an hourly official source collector and configured to send one Telegram recap covering the previous 24 hours. A lead story, other meaningful updates, and quick hits with links to the original sources. Enough information to understand what happened and whether it matters to me. If I want more detail, I can open the article. The code handles collection, filtering, and delivery. MiniCPM selects useful passages from supported articles, while the system preserves important dates, requirements, and limitations. Smaller updates use clearly labeled publisher excerpts or headline links. A small, practical project using hardware I already own. I started with AI and tech because that’s what I follow. The same idea could be adapted to other interests. Here’s what the Telegram output looks like: