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Microsoft has disclosed a base model with 2.8 trillion parameters through its Microsoft AI division, releasing the model ahead of its formal launch. The disclosure was made via the microsoft.ai website, which published materials on the model's frontier pretraining alongside the announcement.
The model was announced on Microsoft's official AI portal, where the company posted imagery related to frontier pretraining, including a header graphic and a companion image, indicating the release is part of a broader pretraining effort. Microsoft characterized the release as a preview ahead of the model's official availability.
The announcement identifies the model as having 2.8 trillion parameters, placing it among the largest disclosed models to date. No pricing, licensing terms, or launch date for the official release were included in the announcement.
Further details on the model's architecture, training data, and performance benchmarks remain limited, and Microsoft has not indicated when full documentation or commercial availability will follow.
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