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unsloth vs bartowski MTP ggufs

A user on r/LocalLLaMA compared the performance of Unsloth and Bartowski's implementations of the MTP (Multi-Task Prompting) technique for the Qwen 3.5-4B and 9B models. The comparison focused on VRAM usage and tokens per second across various quantization levels (Q4_0, IQ4_NL, Q4_1, Q8_0). While both implementations showed similar performance, Unsloth generally used slightly less VRAM and offered marginally higher throughput in some tests. AI

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RESEARCH · arXiv cs.AI English(EN) · 6d · [17 sources]

Generative OOD-regularized Model-based Policy Optimization

Researchers are developing new methods to improve reinforcement learning (RL) for large language models (LLMs) and continuous control tasks. Several papers introduce novel policy optimization techniques aimed at enhancing efficiency, stability, and performance. These include methods that incorporate physics-guided reward shaping, latent variable guidance, information-theoretic principles for token-level reasoning, and strategies for safe and strategic agent behavior. Additionally, approaches are being explored to optimize LLM reasoning by incorporating expert assistance, early stopping mechanisms, and contrastive token credit assignment. AI

IMPACT These advancements aim to improve the efficiency, stability, and strategic capabilities of AI agents and LLMs in various complex tasks.