Institute of Foundation Models

Research institute

The model lab at MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi. Publishes the training mixture behind its models, which almost nobody at that scale does.

~10T synthetic tokens disclosed across the K2 Horizon fleet

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Abu Dhabi publishes a training mixture, including approximately 10 trillion synthetic tokens

· L4 Models · ~10T synthetic · Confirmed

Most laboratories keep secret what their models were taught on. A research institute in Abu Dhabi has published its recipe for six models, from 0.9 billion to 375 billion parameters. Each saw approximately 20 trillion tokens, and approximately 10 trillion synthetic tokens were used across the whole set, with no breakdown per model.

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