𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐋𝐌 is free & available for anyone to access, & developers and researchers are free to use, improve, or modify the model.
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐋𝐌 is owned by a company & may include a license that restricts how the model can be used.
Generally, proprietary LLMs have far larger parameter sizes than open-source models.
But this is not always the case, Falcon 180B, the largest open-access model, with 180B parameters, surpassing most known LLMs.
The size of parameters in an LLM is a measure of its complexity.
In general, LLMs with more parameters tend to perform better on a variety of tasks.
Open-source LLMs have their own ecosystem, with unique advantages.
Open-source LLMs offer 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, allowing us to gain better insights into the model's workings, architecture & training data used.
Another advantage of open-source LLMs is the ability to benefit from 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. Researchers & developers can experiment and utilize contributions from individuals with diverse perspectives.
