bloom 1b7

Name: bloom 1b7
Author: BigScience

by BigScienceBLOOM

Open WeightModel weights are publicly available — can be downloaded and self-hosted

Released May 20222K context≈ 1,536 words1.7B params

A compact multilingual generalist that punches at its weight class across 46 languages and 13 programming languages. At 1.7B parameters, it handles straightforward text generation and completion tasks but struggles with complex reasoning or nuanced instruction-following. Think of it as a lightweight polyglot — broad language coverage is its calling card, not depth.

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Multilingual

Moderate

Instruction Following

bloom 1b7

by BigScienceBLOOM

Open WeightModel weights are publicly available — can be downloaded and self-hosted

Released May 20222K context≈ 1,536 words1.7B params

A compact multilingual generalist that punches at its weight class across 46 languages and 13 programming languages. At 1.7B parameters, it handles straightforward text generation and completion tasks but struggles with complex reasoning or nuanced instruction-following. Think of it as a lightweight polyglot — broad language coverage is its calling card, not depth.

Capabilities

Capability scores are AI-generated based on model documentation, benchmarks, and technical specifications. Learn more

Multilingual

Moderate

Instruction Following

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Complex ReasoningThe ability to work through multi-step problems, analyze nuanced information, and draw logical conclusions.CoverageThe extent to which training data represents all relevant aspects or regions of a document or domain.Instruction-FollowingThe ability of a model to understand and execute specific tasks or commands given in natural language prompts.MultilingualA model trained to understand and generate text in multiple languages, not just English.ParametersThe learned numerical values in a model — more parameters generally means more capacity but higher compute cost.ReasoningThe model's ability to work through multi-step logical problems and provide justified answers rather than just pattern-matching.Text GenerationThe process of an AI model creating new text one word or token at a time based on patterns it learned during training.

bloom 1b7

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bloom 1b7

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