NextBigFuture

Starting the Era of 1-bit LLMs – With Microsoft Research

BitNet is paving the way for a new era of 1-bit Large Language Models (LLMs). In this work, we introduce a 1-bit LLM variant, namely BitNet b1.58, in which every single parameter (or weight) of the ...
Geeky Gadgets

An introduction to 1 Bit large language models (LLM)

If you are interested in learning more about artificial intelligence and specifically large language models you might be interested in the practical applications of 1 Bit Large Language Models (LLMs), ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft’s “1‑bit” AI model runs on a CPU only, while matching larger systems

The idea of simplifying model weights isn’t a completely new one in AI research. For years, researchers have been experimenting with quantization techniques that squeeze their neural network weights ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Releases Largest 1-Bit LLM, Letting Powerful AI Run on Some Older Hardware

Microsoft Releases Largest 1-Bit LLM, Letting Powerful AI Run on Some Older Hardware Your email has been sent Microsoft’s model BitNet b1.58 2B4T is available on Hugging Face but doesn’t run on GPU ...