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Snehal Kothawade
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"LLMs: The Answer to All Your Questions( Except the Meaning of LifeπŸ’¬)"

What's an LLM? πŸ€”

Large Language Model = AI that's swallowed a library and learned to talk. It's like having a super-smart, slightly weird friend who knows a little about everything.

The LLM All-Stars Lineup 🌟

GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) 🎭

  • Who made it? OpenAI
  • What's its deal? The OG of modern LLMs. It's like the popular kid who started the AI party.
  • Fun fact: GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters. That's a lot of brain cells! 🧠

Gemini πŸ‘―β€β™‚οΈ

  • Who made it? Google
  • What's its deal? Google's answer to GPT. It's multimodal, meaning it can understand text, images, and more.
  • Fun fact: Comes in different sizes, like t-shirt sizes (Nano, Pro, Ultra). πŸ‘•

BERT πŸ€“

  • Who made it? Google
  • What's its deal? The bookworm of LLMs. Great at understanding context in search queries.
  • Fun fact: BERT stands for Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers. Try saying that five times fast! πŸ€ͺ

Gemma πŸ’Ž

  • Who made it? Google
  • What's its deal? The new kid on the block. It's like Gemini's little sister – smaller but still packs a punch.
  • Fun fact: It's open-source, so developers can tinker with it. DIY AI, anyone? πŸ› οΈ

Cohere 🀝

  • Who made it? Cohere
  • What's its deal? The customizable one. It's like having a tailor for your AI needs.
  • Fun fact: Great at understanding multiple languages. Bonjour! Hola! Ciao! 🌍

LLaMA πŸ¦™

  • Who made it? Meta (Facebook)
  • What's its deal? Meta's attempt to join the AI race. It's like the Facebook of LLMs.
  • Fun fact: LLaMA stands for Large Language Model Meta AI. Points for creativity, Meta! πŸ‘

Claude 🎩

  • Who made it? Anthropic
  • What's its deal? The polite and ethical one. It's like having an AI butler.
  • Fun fact: Named after Claude Shannon, the father of information theory. Classy! 🧐

Falcon πŸ¦…

  • Who made it? Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
  • What's its deal? The dark horse of LLMs. Fast, powerful, and open-source.
  • Fun fact: It's trained on 1 trillion tokens. That's a lot of reading! πŸ“š

The Bottom Line 🏁

LLMs are like different flavors of ice cream – they all do the job, but each has its own special taste. Some are open for everyone to play with (open-source), while others are kept secret like a family recipe. They're changing how we interact with computers, write code, and even do our homework (but don't tell your teacher we said that! 🀫).

Remember, these AI models are super smart, but they're not perfect. They can make mistakes, have biases and many more

Now go forth and chat with these AI buddies – just don't be surprised if they start finishing your sent

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