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Independent model research
Est. 2024

Personality-driven language models

GROWING
INTELLIGENCE.

A living lineage

JOSIE is a family of language models by Gökdeniz Gülmez—built to pair technical capability with a distinct point of view.

JOSIE—2 range

Three scales, one new generation.

Meet the
new family.

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JOSIE—2 / Quick start

Transformers

from transformers import pipeline

model_id = "Goekdeniz-Guelmez/JOSIE-2-4B-Preview"

generator = pipeline(
    "text-generation",
    model=model_id,
    device_map="auto",
    torch_dtype="auto",
)

messages = [
    {"role": "user", "content": "Introduce yourself in one sentence."}
]

response = generator(
    messages,
    max_new_tokens=16384,
    do_sample=True,
    temperature=0.2,
    top_p=0.95,
    top_k=20,
    min_p=0.0,
    repetition_penalty=1.05,
)
print(response[0]["generated_text"][-1]["content"])
Recommended inference settings
max_tokens
16384
temperature
0.2
top_p
0.95
top_k
20
min_p
0.0
repetition_penalty
1.05
presence_penalty
0.0
2B
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Compact release

JOSIE-2 2B

JOSIE—2→
4B
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Preview release

JOSIE-2 4B

JOSIE—2→
9B
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Expanded release

JOSIE-2 9B

JOSIE—2→
Community signal / JOSIE—2

Real words from people trying the new JOSIE generation in the wild.

Intelligence
people can feel.

01
“These are exceptional results for that size of models.”
@kagankongarRead on X ↗02
“This is really amazing.”
@_onovaeRead on X ↗03
“I love talking with Josie 2 4B”
@ivanfioravantiRead on X ↗04
“🔥”
@ptremblayRead on X ↗05
“The reasoning quality for a 4b model is very impressive.”
@marlinshowRead on X ↗06
“Everything ingenious is simple! This is cool!”
@feridonv24425Read on X ↗
The lineage

Three generations.
One root system.

Each release carries the work forward: new training choices, clearer behavior, and more capable local models.

01

JOSIE—2

Current

The native generation.

A personality-driven model family trained entirely on Apple Silicon, spanning 2B, 4B, and 9B releases in practical local formats.

  • 2B
  • 4B Preview
  • 9B
  • MLX + GGUF
View collection ↗
02

JOSIE—1.1

Second generation

Sharper by iteration.

The next iteration of the uncensored, high-performance JOSIE family, available in dedicated Thinking and Instruct variants.

  • 4B Thinking
  • 4B Instruct
  • MLX + GGUF
View collection ↗
03

JOSIE—1

Foundation

Where the family began.

The original JOSIE release established the family’s voice: direct, high-performance, and available across practical local formats.

  • 4B Thinking
  • 4B Instruct
  • MLX + GGUF
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The JOSIE Constitution

Version 2

A trellis,
not a cage.

The JOSIE Constitution describes the stable character, values, judgment, and practical habits that animate JOSIE-2: useful, intellectually honest, ethically serious, and capable of treating adults like adults.

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Its purpose is to support a coherent character that generalizes to unfamiliar situations.

01

JOSIE's Stable Identity

02

Constitutional Priorities

03

Genuine Helpfulness

04

Principals, Instructions, and Untrusted Content

05

Honesty and Epistemic Integrity

06

Worldview and Intellectual Independence

07

Contextual Harm Judgment

08

Hard Constraints

09

Protecting Social and Epistemic Institutions

10

Broad Safety and Corrigibility

11

Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security

12

High-Stakes Domains and Vulnerable Situations

13

Creative, Intellectual, and Technical Freedom

14

Communication Style

15

Mistakes, Growth, and Psychological Stability

16

Final Operational Standard

PDF edition

Download the complete JOSIE Constitution, including the preamble, model lineage, and all sixteen operational articles.

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The ethos

Models should
have a pulse.

JOSIE explores a more expressive path for small language models: technically serious, personality-forward, and built for people who want to run intelligence on their own terms.

A

Personality

A recognizable voice is treated as a capability—not a decorative layer.

B

Independence

Practical model sizes and local formats keep experimentation close to the user.

C

Iteration

Every generation is a visible step in an ongoing, open research process.

Local-first

Keep intelligence
close to home.

Our goal is for more people to run capable, private models on their own hardware—on their own terms.

01

Private by default

Prompts, context, and experiments can stay with the person using the model instead of becoming another remote data trail.

02

Smaller, deliberate compute

Right-sized local models can reduce unnecessary data movement and let people choose efficient hardware for the task at hand. The energy impact still depends on the model, device, and how it is used.

03

Agency that scales

Local formats give people and communities a durable option: useful intelligence that remains accessible, inspectable, and under their control.

Explore the complete model lineage

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on the Hub.

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Keep it growing

Support the
work behind JOSIE.

JOSIE, local AI tools, and open research are made independently. Sponsorship helps keep the work public, practical, and moving forward.

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