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lvwerra
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Simple Paper Review #5
I briefly reviewed the paper "SFT Memorizes, RL Generalizes," which compares SFT and RL in post-training of LLM/VLM from HKU, UC Berkeley, Google DeepMind, and New York University
The conclusion suggests SFT excels in memorization, while RL is better for generalization. However, since LLM/VLM should benefit humans beyond just generalization, a mix of SFT and RL is advisable. Typically, some SFT is followed by RL to understand prompt formats and enhance generalization through trial and error.
The study focused on one model, Llama-3.2-Vision-11B, using environments like General Points for arithmetic reasoning and V-IRL for spatial reasoning. Training data was used for both SFT and RL, with evaluations on in-distribution and out-of-distribution data to assess memorization and generalization.
I want to apply RL extensively, but it requires building a similar simulation environment. For domain-specific models, significant investment in creating a "playground" for the model is crucial, as the effort will directly influence the outcomes.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17161
I briefly reviewed the paper "SFT Memorizes, RL Generalizes," which compares SFT and RL in post-training of LLM/VLM from HKU, UC Berkeley, Google DeepMind, and New York University
The conclusion suggests SFT excels in memorization, while RL is better for generalization. However, since LLM/VLM should benefit humans beyond just generalization, a mix of SFT and RL is advisable. Typically, some SFT is followed by RL to understand prompt formats and enhance generalization through trial and error.
The study focused on one model, Llama-3.2-Vision-11B, using environments like General Points for arithmetic reasoning and V-IRL for spatial reasoning. Training data was used for both SFT and RL, with evaluations on in-distribution and out-of-distribution data to assess memorization and generalization.
I want to apply RL extensively, but it requires building a similar simulation environment. For domain-specific models, significant investment in creating a "playground" for the model is crucial, as the effort will directly influence the outcomes.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17161
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A brief summary of the o3-mini
The OpenAI o3-mini model is a significant improvement over the o1-mini, reaching o1 performance levels. While generally good, its performance isn't universally better than previous models (o1, o1-prev.) or GPT-4o across all benchmarks. This means workflows should be re-evaluated with each model upgrade.
The o3-mini has "low," "medium," and "high" versions, with "low" being the base model used for benchmarking. It's speculated that the higher versions simply involve more processing. A fair comparison with other models like Gemini 2.0 Thinking or DeepSeek-R1 would likely need to use the "low" version and a similar "think more" mechanism.
The system card is recommended reading due to its comprehensive benchmark data.
https://openai.com/index/openai-o3-mini/
The OpenAI o3-mini model is a significant improvement over the o1-mini, reaching o1 performance levels. While generally good, its performance isn't universally better than previous models (o1, o1-prev.) or GPT-4o across all benchmarks. This means workflows should be re-evaluated with each model upgrade.
The o3-mini has "low," "medium," and "high" versions, with "low" being the base model used for benchmarking. It's speculated that the higher versions simply involve more processing. A fair comparison with other models like Gemini 2.0 Thinking or DeepSeek-R1 would likely need to use the "low" version and a similar "think more" mechanism.
The system card is recommended reading due to its comprehensive benchmark data.
https://openai.com/index/openai-o3-mini/
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We have been cooking a couple of fine-tuning runs on CogVideoX with finetrainers, smol datasets, and LoRA to generate cool video effects like crushing, dissolving, etc.
We are also releasing a LoRA extraction utility from a fully fine-tuned checkpoint. I know that kind of stuff has existed since eternity, but the quality on video models was nothing short of spectacular. Below are some links:
* Models and datasets: https://huggingface.co/finetrainers
* finetrainers: https://github.com/a-r-r-o-w/finetrainers
* LoRA extraction: https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/main/scripts/extract_lora_from_model.py
We are also releasing a LoRA extraction utility from a fully fine-tuned checkpoint. I know that kind of stuff has existed since eternity, but the quality on video models was nothing short of spectacular. Below are some links:
* Models and datasets: https://huggingface.co/finetrainers
* finetrainers: https://github.com/a-r-r-o-w/finetrainers
* LoRA extraction: https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/blob/main/scripts/extract_lora_from_model.py
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1979
Simple summary on DeepSeek AI's Janus-Pro: A fresh take on multimodal AI!
It builds on its predecessor, Janus, by tweaking the training methodology rather than the model architecture. The result? Improved performance in understanding and generating multimodal data.
Janus-Pro uses a three-stage training strategy, similar to Janus, but with key modifications:
✦ Stage 1 & 2: Focus on separate training for specific objectives, rather than mixing data.
✦ Stage 3: Fine-tuning with a careful balance of multimodal data.
Benchmarks show Janus-Pro holds its own against specialized models like TokenFlow XL and MetaMorph, and other multimodal models like SD3 Medium and DALL-E 3.
The main limitation? Low image resolution (384x384). However, this seems like a strategic choice to focus on establishing a solid "recipe" for multimodal models. Future work will likely leverage this recipe and increased computing power to achieve higher resolutions.
It builds on its predecessor, Janus, by tweaking the training methodology rather than the model architecture. The result? Improved performance in understanding and generating multimodal data.
Janus-Pro uses a three-stage training strategy, similar to Janus, but with key modifications:
✦ Stage 1 & 2: Focus on separate training for specific objectives, rather than mixing data.
✦ Stage 3: Fine-tuning with a careful balance of multimodal data.
Benchmarks show Janus-Pro holds its own against specialized models like TokenFlow XL and MetaMorph, and other multimodal models like SD3 Medium and DALL-E 3.
The main limitation? Low image resolution (384x384). However, this seems like a strategic choice to focus on establishing a solid "recipe" for multimodal models. Future work will likely leverage this recipe and increased computing power to achieve higher resolutions.
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1905
We have authored a post to go over the state of video generation in the Diffusers ecosystem 🧨
We cover the models supported, the knobs of optims our users can fire, fine-tuning, and more 🔥
5-6GBs for HunyuanVideo, sky is the limit 🌌 🤗
https://huggingface.co/blog/video_gen
We cover the models supported, the knobs of optims our users can fire, fine-tuning, and more 🔥
5-6GBs for HunyuanVideo, sky is the limit 🌌 🤗
https://huggingface.co/blog/video_gen
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1708
New look for AI powered paper reviews from the list by Hugging Face Daily Papers ( managed by the
@akhaliq
)
Bookmark the webpage along, check comprehensive reviews by Google DeepMind Gemini 1.5, and listen to audio podcast made by the same tech used in NotebookLM.
Link: https://deep-diver.github.io/ai-paper-reviewer/
This is not an official service by Hugging Face. It is just a service developed by an individual developer using his own money :)
Bookmark the webpage along, check comprehensive reviews by Google DeepMind Gemini 1.5, and listen to audio podcast made by the same tech used in NotebookLM.
Link: https://deep-diver.github.io/ai-paper-reviewer/
This is not an official service by Hugging Face. It is just a service developed by an individual developer using his own money :)
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1998
Simple summarization of Evolving Deeper LLM Thinking (Google DeepMind)
The process starts by posing a question.
1) The LLM generates initial responses.
2) These generated responses are evaluated according to specific criteria (program-based checker).
3) The LLM critiques the evaluated results.
4) The LLM refines the responses based on the evaluation, critique, and original responses.
The refined response is then fed back into step 2). If it meets the criteria, the process ends. Otherwise, the algorithm generates more responses based on the refined ones (with some being discarded, some remaining, and some responses potentially being merged).
Through this process, it demonstrated excellent performance in complex scheduling problems (travel planning, meeting scheduling, etc.). It's a viable method for finding highly effective solutions in specific scenarios.
However, there are two major drawbacks:
🤔 An excessive number of API calls are required. (While the cost might not be very high, it leads to significant latency.)
🤔 The evaluator is program-based. (This limits its use as a general method. It could potentially be modified/implemented using LLM as Judge, but that would introduce additional API costs for evaluation.)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09891
The process starts by posing a question.
1) The LLM generates initial responses.
2) These generated responses are evaluated according to specific criteria (program-based checker).
3) The LLM critiques the evaluated results.
4) The LLM refines the responses based on the evaluation, critique, and original responses.
The refined response is then fed back into step 2). If it meets the criteria, the process ends. Otherwise, the algorithm generates more responses based on the refined ones (with some being discarded, some remaining, and some responses potentially being merged).
Through this process, it demonstrated excellent performance in complex scheduling problems (travel planning, meeting scheduling, etc.). It's a viable method for finding highly effective solutions in specific scenarios.
However, there are two major drawbacks:
🤔 An excessive number of API calls are required. (While the cost might not be very high, it leads to significant latency.)
🤔 The evaluator is program-based. (This limits its use as a general method. It could potentially be modified/implemented using LLM as Judge, but that would introduce additional API costs for evaluation.)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09891
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2015
Simple Summarization on DeepSeek-R1 from DeepSeek AI
The RL stage is very important.
↳ However, it is difficult to create a truly helpful AI for people solely through RL.
↳ So, we applied a learning pipeline consisting of four stages: providing a good starting point, reasoning RL, SFT, and safety RL, and achieved performance comparable to o1.
↳ Simply fine-tuning other open models with the data generated by R1-Zero (distillation) resulted in performance comparable to o1-mini.
Of course, this is just a brief overview and may not be of much help. All models are accessible on Hugging Face, and the paper can be read through the GitHub repository.
Model: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai
Paper: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
The RL stage is very important.
↳ However, it is difficult to create a truly helpful AI for people solely through RL.
↳ So, we applied a learning pipeline consisting of four stages: providing a good starting point, reasoning RL, SFT, and safety RL, and achieved performance comparable to o1.
↳ Simply fine-tuning other open models with the data generated by R1-Zero (distillation) resulted in performance comparable to o1-mini.
Of course, this is just a brief overview and may not be of much help. All models are accessible on Hugging Face, and the paper can be read through the GitHub repository.
Model: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai
Paper: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
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lvwerra
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24 days ago
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Commits speak louder than words 🤪
* 4 new video models
* Multiple image models, including SANA & Flux Control
* New quantizers -> GGUF & TorchAO
* New training scripts
Enjoy this holiday-special Diffusers release 🤗
Notes: https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/releases/tag/v0.32.0
* 4 new video models
* Multiple image models, including SANA & Flux Control
* New quantizers -> GGUF & TorchAO
* New training scripts
Enjoy this holiday-special Diffusers release 🤗
Notes: https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/releases/tag/v0.32.0
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In the past seven days, the Diffusers team has shipped:
1. Two new video models
2. One new image model
3. Two new quantization backends
4. Three new fine-tuning scripts
5. Multiple fixes and library QoL improvements
Coffee on me if someone can guess 1 - 4 correctly.
1. Two new video models
2. One new image model
3. Two new quantization backends
4. Three new fine-tuning scripts
5. Multiple fixes and library QoL improvements
Coffee on me if someone can guess 1 - 4 correctly.
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chansung
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about 2 months ago
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Introducing a high-quality open-preference dataset to further this line of research for image generation.
Despite being such an inseparable component for modern image generation, open preference datasets are a rarity!
So, we decided to work on one with the community!
Check it out here:
https://huggingface.co/blog/image-preferences
Despite being such an inseparable component for modern image generation, open preference datasets are a rarity!
So, we decided to work on one with the community!
Check it out here:
https://huggingface.co/blog/image-preferences
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The Control family of Flux from
@black-forest-labs
should be discussed more!
It enables structural controls like ControlNets while being significantly less expensive to run!
So, we're working on a Control LoRA training script 🤗
It's still WIP, so go easy:
https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/pull/10130
It enables structural controls like ControlNets while being significantly less expensive to run!
So, we're working on a Control LoRA training script 🤗
It's still WIP, so go easy:
https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/pull/10130
sayakpaul
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a
paper
2 months ago
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Let 2024 be the year of video model fine-tunes!
Check it out here:
https://github.com/a-r-r-o-w/cogvideox-factory/tree/main/training/mochi-1
Check it out here:
https://github.com/a-r-r-o-w/cogvideox-factory/tree/main/training/mochi-1
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It's been a while we shipped native quantization support in
We currently support
This post is just a reminder of what's possible:
1. Loading a model with a quantization config
2. Saving a model with quantization config
3. Loading a pre-quantized model
4.
5. Training and loading LoRAs into quantized checkpoints
Docs:
https://huggingface.co/docs/diffusers/main/en/quantization/bitsandbytes
diffusers 🧨We currently support
bistandbytes as the official backend but using others like torchao is already very simple. This post is just a reminder of what's possible:
1. Loading a model with a quantization config
2. Saving a model with quantization config
3. Loading a pre-quantized model
4.
enable_model_cpu_offload()5. Training and loading LoRAs into quantized checkpoints
Docs:
https://huggingface.co/docs/diffusers/main/en/quantization/bitsandbytes
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🎙️ Listen to the audio "Podcast" of every single Hugging Face Daily Papers.
Now, "AI Paper Reviewer" project can automatically generates audio podcasts on any papers published on arXiv, and this is integrated into the GitHub Action pipeline. I sounds pretty similar to hashtag#NotebookLM in my opinion.
🎙️ Try out yourself at https://deep-diver.github.io/ai-paper-reviewer/
This audio podcast is powered by Google technologies: 1) Google DeepMind Gemini 1.5 Flash model to generate scripts of a podcast, then 2) Google Cloud Vertex AI's Text to Speech model to synthesize the voice turning the scripts into the natural sounding voices (with latest addition of "Journey" voice style)
"AI Paper Reviewer" is also an open source project. Anyone can use it to build and own a personal blog on any papers of your interests. Hence, checkout the project repository below if you are interested in!
: https://github.com/deep-diver/paper-reviewer
This project is going to support other models including open weights soon for both text-based content generation and voice synthesis for the podcast. The only reason I chose Gemini model is that it offers a "free-tier" which is enough to shape up this projects with non-realtime batch generations. I'm excited to see how others will use this tool to explore the world of AI research, hence feel free to share your feedback and suggestions!
Now, "AI Paper Reviewer" project can automatically generates audio podcasts on any papers published on arXiv, and this is integrated into the GitHub Action pipeline. I sounds pretty similar to hashtag#NotebookLM in my opinion.
🎙️ Try out yourself at https://deep-diver.github.io/ai-paper-reviewer/
This audio podcast is powered by Google technologies: 1) Google DeepMind Gemini 1.5 Flash model to generate scripts of a podcast, then 2) Google Cloud Vertex AI's Text to Speech model to synthesize the voice turning the scripts into the natural sounding voices (with latest addition of "Journey" voice style)
"AI Paper Reviewer" is also an open source project. Anyone can use it to build and own a personal blog on any papers of your interests. Hence, checkout the project repository below if you are interested in!
: https://github.com/deep-diver/paper-reviewer
This project is going to support other models including open weights soon for both text-based content generation and voice synthesis for the podcast. The only reason I chose Gemini model is that it offers a "free-tier" which is enough to shape up this projects with non-realtime batch generations. I'm excited to see how others will use this tool to explore the world of AI research, hence feel free to share your feedback and suggestions!
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Effortlessly stay up-to-date with AI research trends using a new AI tool, "AI Paper Reviewer" !!
It analyzes a list of Hugging Face Daily Papers(w/ @akhaliq ) and turn them into insightful blog posts. This project leverages Gemini models (1.5 Pro, 1.5 Flash, and 1.5 Flash-8B) for content generation and Upstage Document Parse for parsing the layout and contents.
blog link: https://deep-diver.github.io/ai-paper-reviewer/
Also, here is the link of GitHub repository for parsing and generating pipeline. By using this, you can easily build your own GitHub static pages based on any arXiv papers with your own interest!
: https://github.com/deep-diver/paper-reviewer
It analyzes a list of Hugging Face Daily Papers(w/ @akhaliq ) and turn them into insightful blog posts. This project leverages Gemini models (1.5 Pro, 1.5 Flash, and 1.5 Flash-8B) for content generation and Upstage Document Parse for parsing the layout and contents.
blog link: https://deep-diver.github.io/ai-paper-reviewer/
Also, here is the link of GitHub repository for parsing and generating pipeline. By using this, you can easily build your own GitHub static pages based on any arXiv papers with your own interest!
: https://github.com/deep-diver/paper-reviewer