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