OpenAssistent is an open-source project to build a personal assistant. They just released their first model. you can try it out here.

announcement video

While the progress on smaller models by the open-source community is impressive there are a few things I want to mention. Many advertise these models as local alternatives to chatGPT or even compare them to GPT-4. This is sadly not true. it is not possible to replicate the capabilities of a model like GPT-4 on a local machine; at least not yet. This does not mean that they are not good. many of them are able to generate good answers or even use APIs like chatGPT.