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Indian AI firm ZYR AI releases experimental 1.18B parameter model ZY-S1

ZYR AI, an entity based in India, has released ZY-S1 Preview, an experimental language model with 1.18 billion parameters. This model is a fine-tuned version of Sapient AI's HRM-Text-1B, incorporating both supervised fine-tuning and corrective steps on a specific English dataset. Early evaluations show modest improvements on tasks like DROP and ARC challenge, with a slight increase in MMLU scores, though performance on the MATH-500 benchmark decreased. AI

IMPACT This release offers a new, smaller model for researchers and developers, potentially useful for specific tasks or further fine-tuning.

RANK_REASON The item describes the release of a small, experimental language model with early benchmark scores, which falls under research. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Indian AI firm ZYR AI releases experimental 1.18B parameter model ZY-S1

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · ZYR AI ·

    ZY-S1 Preview: fine-tuning a 1.18B HRM-Text model, built in India

    <p>I just released <strong>ZY-S1 Preview</strong>, a quick experimental model from ZYR AI, built in India: <a href="https://huggingface.co/zyr-AGENT/ZY-S1" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://huggingface.co/zyr-AGENT/ZY-S1</a></p> <h2> Training </h2> <ul> <li>1.183B parameters, fin…