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Build a Local AI Agent with Qwen 3.5 Small on macOS

calendar_today March 17, 2026 person noreply@getstream.io (Amos G.) domain getstream

Qwen 3.5 Small is a new family of lightweight, high-performance models from Alibaba (0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B parameters) that are now available on Ollama. These models support multimodal input, native tool calling, and strong reasoning, all while running efficiently on laptops, Macs, and even mobile/IoT devices. In this demo, the agent runs completely locally

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