{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/freedomintelligence-releases-huatuogpt-3-multimodal-model-on-hugging-f","json":"https://digestai.news/story/freedomintelligence-releases-huatuogpt-3-multimodal-model-on-hugging-f.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/freedomintelligence-releases-huatuogpt-3-multimodal-model-on-hugging-f.md","slug":"freedomintelligence-releases-huatuogpt-3-multimodal-model-on-hugging-f","headline":"FreedomIntelligence releases HuatuoGPT-3 multimodal model on Hugging Face","summary":"The model builds on **Qwen3.8-27B** with a reinforcement-learning method called **One-stage Policy Optimization (OnePO)**. It requires a *thinking mode* during inference, generating reasoning before final answers, and supports image-text-to-text tasks.\n\nThe model’s training code, medical reinforcement-learning dataset, and an 8B rubric grader are also open. Users can deploy it via **vLLM** or **SGLang** or run it locally with Docker. Example prompts include medical queries like *‘What are the common causes of chest pain?’* or image descriptions. No performance benchmarks or context window size are provided.","keyPoints":["HuatuoGPT-3 uses OnePO to adapt language models to medical tasks without supervised fine-tuning","Model requires *enablethinking=True* for reasoning before final answers, with a </think> delimiter","Open-source on Hugging Face with training data, code, and an 8B rubric grader released"],"whyItMatters":"A medical LLM with open reinforcement-learning training could accelerate research and deployment in healthcare AI, though its performance and context limits are untested.","category":{"slug":"models","name":"Generative AI & Models","url":"https://digestai.news/category/models"},"entities":{"companies":["FreedomIntelligence"],"models":["HuatuoGPT-3","Qwen3.8-27B"],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-24T19:20:54Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-24T19:20:54Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":true,"sources":[{"outlet":"huggingface.co","title":"FreedomIntelligence/HuatuoGPT-3-27B · Hugging Face","url":"https://huggingface.co/FreedomIntelligence/HuatuoGPT-3-27B","publishedAt":"2026-09-24T19:20:54Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[{"site":"Reddit","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1wpaxud/freedomintelligencehuatuogpt327b_hugging_face/","points":null}],"thread":{"title":"Open Source AI Infrastructure and Medical Model Expansion","url":"https://digestai.news/thread/ggml-org-merges-hc-ops-into-qwen4exp-graph-in-llama-cpp","storyCount":4},"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"FreedomIntelligence releases HuatuoGPT-3 multimodal model on Hugging Face\", 24 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/freedomintelligence-releases-huatuogpt-3-multimodal-model-on-hugging-f","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"FreedomIntelligence releases HuatuoGPT-3 multimodal model on Hugging Face","datePublished":"2026-09-24T19:20:54Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/freedomintelligence-releases-huatuogpt-3-multimodal-model-on-hugging-f"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}