Glossary
Parameters
The numbers inside a model that training adjusts; loosely, its size. Frontier models have hundreds of billions to trillions.
More parameters generally means more capability and higher inference cost, though training data and technique matter as much.
Related terms
Active parametersAgent harnessAlignmentAPIBenchmark
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