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AI & Generative AI Model Releases

AI & Generative AI Model Releases

Articles on the release of generative AI models (LLMs, multimodal models, etc.), including licensing models (Apache, MIT, proprietary), model size, capabilities benchmarks, license changes affecting deployment geography, and hallucination or safety improvements.

ai generative ai model releasesJul 9, 20264 min

The $1,500 Foundation Model: Sapient’s HRM-Text Evades the Transformer Tax

Researchers at Sapient developed HRM-Text, a Hierarchical Recurrent Model that replaces standard Transformers with a highly sample-efficient architecture, enabling 1B-parameter foundation model training for approximately $1,500.

ai generative ai model releasesJul 8, 20263 min

Tencent's Apache-licensed Hy3 drops EU/U.K. restrictions, cuts hallucination in half

Tencent’s Hy3 is a compact, Apache-licensed LLM with no regional restrictions and 50% lower hallucination rates.