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A.X K2 language model debuts with 688B parameters and agentic focus

A new technical report introduces A.X K2, a 688 billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model designed for agentic applications. Despite being trained on fewer tokens than its predecessor, A.X K1, A.X K2 demonstrates significant improvements across various benchmarks due to enhanced token efficiency and a higher-quality training dataset. The model incorporates innovations like Sparse Gated Attention (SGA) for efficient long-context processing and Gated Norm (GN) for stable large-scale training, achieving strong performance on benchmarks like RULER and math tasks. AI

IMPACT Introduces a new large-scale MoE model with innovations for agentic applications and long contexts, potentially advancing LLM efficiency and capabilities.

RANK_REASON Publication of a technical report detailing a new large language model. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 Română(RO) · Cheolseung Baek, Dhammiko Arya, Eunki Kim, Gun Song, Gyoungeun Han, Hyunho Yang, Hyunjun Eun, Jin Kim, Junyoung Park, Juyun Wee, Minki Hong, Minkyung Park, Minsang Kim, Minsoo Kang, SaeRom Kim, Sangjin Kim, Sangyeol Lee, Seojin Lee, Seokhwan Jo, Seokyoun… ·

    A.X K2 Technical Report

    arXiv:2608.30181v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce A.X K2, a 688B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model trained from scratch as a high-performance foundation for \emph{agentic} applications. Trained on approximately 8.5T tokens---fewer than its predecessor, …