Beyer cited major team departures and a post-training shift.
@giffmana i'd say don't count olmo out just yet :)
Do I understand it correctly that the OLMo from-scratch series is coming to an end?
If so, looks like NVIDIA stepped up just in time with Nemotron models as the only remaining fully-open (ie not just weight drop) from-scratch LLM team.
Two things make me think that:
1) I remember not too long ago some comm's about the new strategy, which sounded much more application/post-train focussed to me (sorry don't remember where, but from ai2)
2) large portion of the team gone
That being said, I'm an OLMo fan for the openness and reasonable quality, so I would be happy if my impression is proven wrong!
@giffmana i'd say don't count olmo out just yet :)
@giffmana stay tuned. lots of exciting work underway is all i can say rn, and I think the community will be pleased with the outputs
Two things make me think that:
1) I remember not too long ago some comm's about the new strategy, which sounded much more application/post-train focussed to me (sorry don't remember where, but from ai2)
2) large portion of the team gone
That being said, I'm an OLMo fan for the openness and reasonable quality, so I would be happy if my impression is proven wrong!
Beyer cited major team departures and a post-training shift.
@giffmana i'd say don't count olmo out just yet :)
Do I understand it correctly that the OLMo from-scratch series is coming to an end?
If so, looks like NVIDIA stepped up just in time with Nemotron models as the only remaining fully-open (ie not just weight drop) from-scratch LLM team.