Until a few minutes ago there was a countdown page. (The weights haven't been released yet.) The countdown should be over in 19min, not sure why we're suddenly getting a 404.
replyMaybe they are in the process of uploading the weights and git history and have taken down the holding page/project to not have the "coming soon" in the git history.
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replyIt's up now
replyI imagine it's just technical issues on the flip. It's also going to be interesting what happens to HF with loads of people downloading a many TB model. Even though almost no one has the capability to run it, it does seem like something to stash away in case it suddenly becomes unavailable due to government controls.
replyFWIW, China is suddenly talking about model export controls. It was one thing to release also-ran models, but now that they're pushing SOTA it's a different game.
> FWIW, China is suddenly talking about model export controls. ...
replyThanks for the hint. It makes sense, even if the main driver for releasing the models is to reduce the market size for the US companies.
Do you have any sources?
Edit: "market size"
The main source I'm aware of is this Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-looking-curbing-ove...
replyHowever you should take it with a pinch of salt because IMO their direct quotations do not support their title.
Honestly it's pretty wild that the standard way to download these isn't torrent instead of Hugging Face direct. Why doesn't HF themselves provide torrent links?
replyAt the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, this sounds like a great opportunity to make a statement. US or China, but likelier to be the former. Maybe Clem's on a call with the US government right now?
replyThe wonderful imagination of the outsider
replyOpen source teams have had access to the weights for at least a week now. vLLM folks expect full support on public release of the weights. Anything conspiratorial won't prevent the weights from leaking...
replyIt's just launch day gremlins, like always.
Who is Clem?
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