[mrandish]

> Rio de Janeiro's city government model...

Because... lack of a good open weight LLM is a pressing need high on the municipal priorities list for Rio de Janeiro citizens?

[true_religion]

Should governments not take actions that later benefit the academic, scientific, and economic welfare of their constituents?

Or is it that it’s a city doing this?

Now Brazil does know how to boondoggle its finances for a prestigious cause with little return (e.g. the Olympics games) but this is far smaller a cost, more akin to a city setting up a tech accelerator or making a media campaign about how important STEM is.

[senorrib]

It's the municipal IT company, and the dude that did this is a volunteer.