HuggingChat Omni just hijacked 115 models to beat ChatGPT

I just saw Julien Chaumond, CTO of Hugging Face, drop a big one. HuggingChat is back, now as HuggingChat Omni, and it’s aiming straight at the heart of AI assistants like ChatGPT.

This isn’t just a minor update. It’s a full reboot of how we think about open models and smart routing.

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What’s New in HuggingChat Omni

Here’s what stood out from the announcement:

• 115 open-source models in one interface
  You can now query over a hundred models from 15 providers like Groq, Cerebras Systems, Together AI, and Novita AI.
• Automatic model selection
  You type your question, and Omni automatically decides which model is best for that task. No manual picking, no guessing.
• Powered by Hugging Face Inference Providers
  You get access to world-class open models all under one roof.
• Smart routing brain
  The routing logic uses a small model built by Katanemo, called…