{
  "id": 16466193,
  "title": "The Slow Reply Was CPU Time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/the-slow-reply-was-cpu-time",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-25T11:34:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/savinduthathsara/the-slow-reply-was-cpu-time-4ne0"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Thirteen gigabytes of memory remained free on the laptop despite a slow response time, as reported in a note from Savindu Thathsara. The model was not overloaded with memory, but the sluggishness stemmed from the language model's work. When a question was asked, the bilingual speech model spent 2407 milliseconds to process the query, as it had to simultaneously predict the language. The Sinhala reply from Qwen2.5-3B model took an even longer 9564 milliseconds. In contrast, the English model processed the response much quicker. After a restart, the listener memory usage dropped back to 1331 MB, while 13.0 GB remained unused. The 3B model remains the primary thinker, generating replies that still took a few seconds. Savindu Thathsara, based in London, specializes in crafting practical AI and automation solutions.",
  "summary": "The Slow Reply Was CPU Time Thirteen gigabytes of memory were still free, and the answer was still slow. Savindu Thathsara, savithathsara.me . This is a Hearthlen note from the laptop. Sinhala had just been added beside English, and a question took long enough to feel stuck. The check was /proc/meminfo : 13.0 GB available out of 15.5 GB. The listener was 1507 MB . The language model was not…",
  "key_points": [
    "Laptop had 13 GB free memory despite slow response",
    "Qwen2.5-3B model took 9,564 ms for Sinhala reply",
    "English model processed response much quicker than Sinhala"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}