Microsoft’s new large language model (LLM) puts significantly less strain on hardware than other LLMs—and it’s free to experiment with. The 1-bit LLM (1.58-bit, to be more precise ...

According to The Information, via unnamed sources, the in-house LLM from Microsoft is called MAI-1 (presumably "M" stands for "Microsoft). It's being developed with 500 billion parameters ...

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 ...

The 1-bit LLM (1.58-bit, to be more precise) uses -1, 0, and 1 to indicate weights, which could be useful for running LLMs on small devices, such as smartphones. Microsoft put BitNet b1.58 2B4T on ...