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| Challenge: | Llama-Krikri-8B is a cutting-edge Large Language Model for the Greek language based on Meta's Llma 3.1-8B. |
| Approach: | They propose to use Llama-Krikri-8B to train Greek language models . it has 8 billion parameters and is capable of handling polytonic text and Ancient Greek . |
| Outcome: | The proposed model is based on Meta's Llama 3.1-8B and has 8 billion parameters and is capable of handling polytonic text and Ancient Greek. |
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