The first family of Large Language Models pretrained from scratch in Italian!
Minerva, the First Italian-centric AI language model
Minerva AI is the first family of LLMs pretrained from scratch in Italian developed by Sapienza NLP in collaboration with Future Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) and CINECA. The Minerva models are truly-open (data and model) Italian-English LLMs, with approximately half of the pretraining data composed of Italian text.
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Our Minerva AI Models
Our pretrained language models span from 350 million to 7 billion parameters, offering scalable solutions for various needs.
The smaller models are fast and lightweight, ideal for quick responses and low-resource environments, while the mid-sized options balance depth and efficiency for more complex tasks. All models are dual-trained in Italian and English, making them versatile for both general-purpose and fine-tuned domain-specific applications.
The instruction-tuned version of the 7 billion-parameter model is specifically adapted for tasks such as conversation, summarization, machine translation, and other language processing applications.
This tuning enhances its ability to follow user instructions while incorporating safeguards to improve the quality and safety of its outputs. Its design makes it suitable for a variety of use cases requiring contextual understanding and task-specific adaptability.
News about Minerva (November 2024 Release)
"Ecco Minerva 7B, il nuovo LLM italiano è più potente e basato su fonti aperte."
"Minerva 7B, l’IA generativa italiana è diventata grande."
"E' l’ultima nata dai modelli Minerva, i Large Language Model (LLM) addestrati “da zero” per la lingua italiana."
"La Sapienza Roma: Minerva 7B, l'Italia accelera sull'intelligenza artificiale"
"Cosa può fare la nuova versione di Minerva 7B?"
"Minerva 7B: l'Italia risponde a ChatGPT con un modello linguistico di punta."
News about Minerva (April 2024 Release)
"Ecco Minerva, la prima famiglia di LLM addestrati da zero in italiano."
"Minerva, il nuovo modello di intelligenza artificiale con 500 miliardi di parole."
"AI made in Italy: arriva Minerva, la prima famiglia di grandi modelli linguistici addestrati “da zero” per la lingua italiana."
"Si chiamano Minerva e sono i nuovi modelli di Intelligenza Artificiale generativa pensati da un gruppo di ricercatori italiani..."
"Arriva Minerva, l’Intelligenza Artificiale che parla italiano."
"AI, la Sapienza crea Minerva, il primo modello linguistico nazionale: conosce 500 miliardi di parole."