Falcon 40b

Falcon-40B is a large language model developed by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII). It has 40 billion parameters and was trained on one trillion tokens of data. Falcon-40B is a causal decoder-only model optimized for inference and features an architecture with FlashAttention and multiquery. It is available under the Apache 2.0 license and is suitable for research on large language models and for further specialization and fine-tuning for specific use cases. However, it is important to note that Falcon-40B is primarily trained on English, German, Spanish, and French, with limited capabilities in other languages. It may carry biases and stereotypes commonly found online. TII is calling for proposals from users worldwide to submit their ideas for Falcon-40B's deployment. To use Falcon-40B, it is recommended to have at least 85-100GB of memory.

Use cases

Falcon-40B, a large language model with 40 billion parameters, has various use cases in the field of natural language processing. It can be used for research on large language models and as a foundation for further specialization and fine-tuning for specific tasks such as summarization, text generation, and chatbot development. However, it is important to note that Falcon-40B has primarily been trained on English, German, Spanish, and French, with limited capabilities in other languages. It may carry biases and stereotypes commonly found online, so appropriate precautions should be taken. TII is inviting proposals from users worldwide to submit their ideas for deploying Falcon-40B. Possible products or practical uses of Falcon-40B could include AI-powered writing assistants, language translation tools, content summarization systems, and conversational agents. Additionally, smaller and less expensive versions of Falcon-40B, such as Falcon-7B, may be suitable for use cases with limited resource constraints.