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Liquid AI launches Japanese text and audio LLMs

Liquid AI has released two new Japanese-language models: LFM2.5-1.2B-JP-202606, a text-based chat model that shows improved performance in knowledge, instruction following, and coding, and LFM2.5-Audio-1.5B-JP, a multimodal speech-to-speech model. The audio model is designed for real-time conversational interactions and integrates speech recognition and synthesis capabilities without separate components. Both models are available on Hugging Face and are intended for developers building Japanese-language applications. AI

IMPACT Expands the availability of specialized Japanese language and audio models for developers.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains announcements of new models from Liquid AI, including a text-based chat model and a multimodal audio model, with details on their capabilities and performance. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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Liquid AI launches Japanese text and audio LLMs

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Hugging Face Trending Models TIER_1 Français(FR) · LiquidAI ·

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-1.2B-JP-202606

    text-generation · 2,856 downloads · 56 likes

  2. Hugging Face Trending Models TIER_1 Français(FR) · LiquidAI ·

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-Audio-1.5B-JP

    audio-to-audio · 534 downloads · 57 likes