Alpaca 7B

Alpaca 7B — self-instruct 52K, total cost under $600

Why it matters

Demonstrated that instruction-following can be replicated for a small sum

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialcrfm.stanford.eduhttps://crfm.stanford.edu/2023/03/13/alpaca.html

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