There really do not exist any alternatives, self-hosted or not. But more importantly, there may never be, what with the rising tide of AI risks and regulations discourse. It seems that soon training and opensourcing or otherwise making accessible a model of that class will be impossible, even as the cost of its production falls.
The UAE's apparently planning to release a Falcon 180B, which would be the most powerful model you can run at home by far. I don't think they'll bow down to western pressure to lobotomise the models given the country's whole business model is bypassing sanctions and the like.
