BLOOM - AI Language Models Tool

Overview

BLOOM is a 176 billion-parameter multilingual large language model from the BigScience project. It generates text across 46 natural languages and 13 programming languages and is released for research and deployment under a Responsible AI License.

Key Features

  • 176 billion parameter multilingual large language model
  • Generates text in 46 natural languages
  • Supports generation in 13 programming languages
  • Released with intermediary checkpoints and optimizer states
  • Integrated into the Hugging Face ecosystem
  • Distributed under a Responsible AI License for research and deployment

Ideal Use Cases

  • Multilingual text generation and translation research
  • Code generation and program synthesis experiments
  • Benchmarking large multilingual language models
  • Responsible AI research and evaluation
  • Model fine-tuning for specialized domains

Getting Started

  • Open the BLOOM project page on Hugging Face or the official blog URL
  • Review the Responsible AI License terms and research guidelines
  • Choose a checkpoint or optimizer state for your experiment
  • Load the model using Hugging Face tools or APIs
  • Run inference or fine-tune on suitable hardware

Pricing

Not disclosed. Contact Hugging Face or the BigScience project channels for access and commercial terms.

Limitations

  • Usage governed by a Responsible AI License; restrictions may apply
  • 176B parameter size may require substantial compute for training or local deployment

Key Information

  • Category: Language Models
  • Type: AI Language Models Tool