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Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct by NousResearch

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Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct is an open-source language model by NousResearch. Features: 8b LLM, VRAM: 16.1GB, Context: 8K, License: other, Instruction-Based, LLM Explorer Score: 0.2, Arc: 61.4, HellaSwag: 78.6, MMLU: 67.1, GSM8K: 69.4.

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Model Card on HF 🤗: https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct 

Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct Parameters and Internals

Model Type 
text generation, instruction tuned
Use Cases 
Areas:
commercial, research
Applications:
instruction-tuned for chat applications
Primary Use Cases:
chat-oriented generative tasks
Limitations:
Not suitable for language other than English, restricted under Acceptable Use Policy
Considerations:
Developers encouraged to implement safety assessments for specific applications.
Additional Notes 
Model supports fine-tuning for languages beyond English under compliance with the license and use policy.
Supported Languages 
en (Native)
Training Details 
Data Sources:
publicly available online data
Data Volume:
15 trillion tokens
Methodology:
supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF)
Context Length:
8000
Training Time:
7.7M GPU hours on H100-80GB
Hardware Used:
H100-80GB GPUs
Model Architecture:
optimized transformer architecture
Safety Evaluation 
Methodologies:
red teaming, adversarial evaluations
Findings:
residual risks remain, model refusals reduced
Risk Categories:
CBRNE, cybersecurity, child safety
Ethical Considerations:
Ethical considerations include avoiding misuse of AI in harmful areas.
Responsible Ai Considerations 
Fairness:
Model is optimized to balance helpfulness and alignment, with considerations for avoiding biases.
Transparency:
Open source release with detailed documentation and responsible use guidelines.
Accountability:
Users must comply with license terms and acceptable use policy.
Mitigation Strategies:
Safety tools like Meta Llama Guard and Code Shield provided.
Input Output 
Input Format:
text input
Accepted Modalities:
text
Output Format:
text and code output
Performance Tips:
Use appropriate hardware and fine-tuning methods for optimal performance.
Release Notes 
Version:
April 18, 2024
Date:
2024-04-18
Notes:
Initial release of Llama 3 models.
LLM NameMeta Llama 3 8B Instruct
Repository 🤗https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct 
Model Size8b
Required VRAM16.1 GB
Updated2026-08-01
MaintainerNousResearch
Model Typellama
Instruction-BasedYes
Model Files  5.0 GB: 1-of-4   5.0 GB: 2-of-4   4.9 GB: 3-of-4   1.2 GB: 4-of-4
Supported Languagesen
Model ArchitectureLlamaForCausalLM
Licenseother
Context Length8192
Model Max Length8192
Transformers Version4.40.0.dev0
Tokenizer ClassPreTrainedTokenizerFast
Vocabulary Size128256
Torch Data Typebfloat16

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