ローカルLLMの新潮流:Gemma 4とQwen 3.5が示す「日本語推論」の臨界点 (English)
1. Introduction: Local LLMs Shift from “Substitutes” to “Primary Choices” Over the past few months, the landscape surrounding local LLMs (Large Language Models) has entered a “paradigm shift” that goes beyond mere technical progress. Previously, local models were often seen as mere “substitutes”—compromises accepted for the sake of privacy or cost reduction when cloud-based AI performance was out of reach. However, with the arrival of Google’s “Gemma 4” and Alibaba’s “Qwen 3.5,” the power balance has shifted dramatically. In specific tasks—particularly programming and structured data processing—these models are beginning to demonstrate capabilities that threaten the dominance of the GPT-4 class. Combined with the refinement of execution environments like Ollama, “owning the source of thought on your own hardware” has become one of the most creative choices an engineer can make. ...