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The exaggeration here is almost comical: "We're excited to introduce SmolLM, a series of *state-of-the-art* small language models available in three sizes: 135M, 360M, and 1.7B parameters." State-of-the-art! It’s disappointing to see so much time, money, and energy poured into this with so little to show for it—especially considering the environmental impact, with carbon emissions soaring. While I can appreciate the…
Have you seen a 135M model that has better performance than this one?
No. Not yet.