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VibeThinker 3B model surpasses Opus 4.5 in reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO

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A new 3-billion parameter model named VibeThinker has demonstrated superior reasoning capabilities compared to Anthropic's Opus 4.5. This performance was achieved using a novel combination of supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and a technique referred to as GRPO. The findings are detailed in a paper available on arXiv. AI

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO https:// arxiv.org/abs/2606.16140 # HackerNews # VibeThinker # Opus4 .5 # AI #

    VibeThinker: 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO https:// arxiv.org/abs/2606.16140 # HackerNews # VibeThinker # Opus4 .5 # AI # reasoning # SFT # GRPO

    LINKS arxiv.org/…/2606.16140
  2. r/singularity TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/yogthos ·

    VibeThinker is a 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1udifm6/vibethinker_is_a_3b_param_model_that_beats_opus/"> <img alt="VibeThinker is a 3B param model that beats Opus 4.5 on reasoning with novel SFT+GRPO" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/q3evP6JeDpAC2Md…

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