Microsoft reveals cutting-edge MAI-Base-2 model with 2T parameters

What happened
Developers turn base models into LLMs by putting […] The post Microsoft reveals cutting-edge MAI-Base-2 model with 2T parameters appeared first on SiliconANGLE . has developed a new large language model (the kind of AI system trained on text to produce text) that it says is significantly more efficient than leading open-source alternatives. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond.
The company’s artificial intelligence research group detailed the algorithm on Thursday. MAI-Base-2 is not a full-fledged LLM but rather a base model, a kind of no-frills prototype.
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