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EPFL, ETH Zurich release Apertus 1.5, a large open-source multimodal LLM

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EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS have launched Apertus 1.5, a large, open-source, multimodal LLM. This new version enhances reasoning, instruction following, and tool use capabilities, aiming for more transparent AI development. AI

IMPACT Enhances reasoning and instruction following for open-source AI development.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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EPFL, ETH Zurich release Apertus 1.5, a large open-source multimodal LLM

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🚀 EPFL, ETH Zurich and CSCS have released Apertus 1.5, one of the world's largest fully open LLMs. Now multimodal, Apertus offers improved reasoning, instructio

    🚀 EPFL, ETH Zurich and CSCS have released Apertus 1.5, one of the world's largest fully open LLMs. Now multimodal, Apertus offers improved reasoning, instruction following and tool use for more capable and transparent AI. Read more 👉 https:// actu.epfl.ch/news/apertus-15-b uildin…

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