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license: apache-2.0
language:
- de
pipeline_tag: text-generation
tags:
- german
- deutsch
- simplification
- vereinfachung
---
# Model Card for Model ID

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We fine-tuned [meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct) with a set of ca. 800 newspaper articles which have been simplified by the Austrian Press Agency. 
Our aim was to have a model which can simplify German-language text.

## Model Details

### Model Description

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- **Developed by:** Members of the [Public Interest AI research group](https://publicinterest.ai/), [HIIG Berlin](https://www.hiig.de/)
- **Model type:** simplification model, text generation
- **Language(s) (NLP):** German
- **License:** Apache 2.0
- **Finetuned from model:** meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct

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- **Repository:** https://github.com/fhewett/simba
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- **Project website:** https://publicinterest.ai/tool/simba

## Uses

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### Direct Use

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This model works best for simplifying German-language newspaper articles (news items, not commentaries or editorials). It may work for other types of texts.

### Downstream Use

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We have fine-tuned using only newspaper articles. We have not yet performed extensive out-of-domain testing, but believe that the model's capabilities could be improved by fine-tuning on more diverse data. Contact us if you have a dataset which you think could work (parallel texts, German standard & German simplified).

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## Bias, Risks, and Limitations

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As with most text generation models, the model sometimes produces information that is incorrect. 

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Please check manually that your output text corresponds to the input text, as factual inconsistencies may have arisen.

## How to Get Started with the Model

We offer two tools to interact with our model: an online app and a browser extension. They can be viewed and used [here](https://publicinterest.ai/tool/simba?lang=en).

Alternatively, to load the model using transformers:

```
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM
import torch
device = "cuda"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("hiig-piai/simba_best_092024")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("hiig-piai/simba_best_092024", torch_dtype=torch.float16).to(device)
```

We used the following prompt at inference to test our model:

```
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|>
Du bist ein hilfreicher Assistent und hilfst dem User, Texte besser zu verstehen.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>
Kannst du bitte den folgenden Text zusammenfassen und sprachlich auf ein A2-Niveau in Deutsch vereinfachen? Schreibe maximal 5 Sätze.
{input_text}<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>
```

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## Training Details

### Training Data

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A sample of the data used to train our model can be found [here](https://github.com/fhewett/apa-rst/tree/main/original_texts).

#### Training Hyperparameters

- **Training regime:** Our training script can be found [here](https://github.com/fhewett/simba/blob/main/models/train_simba.py). <!--fp32, fp16 mixed precision, bf16 mixed precision, bf16 non-mixed precision, fp16 non-mixed precision, fp8 mixed precision -->

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#### Summary 


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## Model Card Contact

simba -at- hiig.de