IBM Unveils “Granite” Models: Revolutionizing AI for Business
Discover the latest advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) for business with IBM’s groundbreaking foundation models, known as “Granite.” These models, specifically designed for the watsonx.ai platform, harness the power of generative AI to revolutionize linguistic and coding applications.
A Deep Dive into Granite Models
Delve into the world of IBM Research’s impressive Granite models, including Granite.13b.instruct and Granite.13b.chat. Built on a “Decoder” architecture, these models utilize contemporary large language models to predict words in a sequence. With 13 billion parameters, they are optimized for efficiency and can fit within a single V100-32GB GPU. These models excel in specialized business tasks such as summarization, question-answering, and classification while minimizing environmental impact.
Trained on diverse datasets totaling 7 TB pre-processing and 2.4 TB post-processing, the Granite models encompass a wide range of domains, ensuring they are well-versed in industry-specific language and terminology.
IBM’s Commitment to Trust and Transparency
IBM prioritizes trust and transparency in AI development. The watsonx AI and data platform offers a comprehensive process for creating and testing foundation models and generative AI. This process includes meticulous governance, risk assessment, bias mitigation, and compliance measures from data collection to model deployment.
IBM’s rigorous governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) review process ensures data integrity during training. The company also employs its “HAP detector,” a language model designed to identify and eliminate hateful and profane content. These measures align with IBM’s strategy to mitigate risks associated with generative AI.
Empowerment Through AI
IBM envisions using AI in business to empower organizations. The company believes in granting autonomy for businesses to customize their models according to their values using the watsonx platform tools. Furthermore, IBM guarantees businesses retain ownership and control over their data and models.
The Future Ahead
While the Granite models represent a significant milestone, IBM’s AI journey is far from over. The company plans to introduce more models in different languages and is actively working on additional IBM-trained models. IBM’s collaboration with Meta offers early access to Meta’s Llama 2-chat 70 billion parameter model. Furthermore, IBM will present StarCoder, a comprehensive language model for coding.
In the upcoming weeks, IBM will launch new features in the watsonx.ai studio, including the Tuning Studio and the Synthetic Data Generator, enhancing the platform’s capabilities and allowing businesses to fully harness AI’s potential.
Hot Take: A New Era of AI for Business with IBM’s Granite Models
IBM’s introduction of Granite foundation models and accompanying tools and features signifies a groundbreaking era in AI for business. The possibilities are endless, and IBM continues to push boundaries in the field.
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