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Developers interested in an open source and powerful large language model
About Vicuna
Vicuna-13B is an open-source chatbot trained by fine-tuning LLaMA on user-shared conversations collected from ShareGPT. Preliminary evaluation using GPT-4 as a judge shows Vicuna-13B achieves more than 90%* quality of OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Bard while outperforming other models like LLaMA and Stanford Alpaca in more than 90%* of cases. The cost of training Vicuna-13B is around $300. The code and weights, along with an online demo, are publicly available for non-commercial use.
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Vicuna Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Vicuna work with?
Vicuna works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Vicuna support in their product?
Vicuna supports these languages: English.
Q: What other applications or services does Vicuna integrate with?
Vicuna integrates with: AI Collective, LM Studio, Prem AI, and WebLLM.
Q: What type of training does Vicuna provide?
Vicuna provides training in the form of documentation.
Q: How much does Vicuna cost?
Pricing for Vicuna starts at Free.
