GPT-4: 8 Models in One; The Secret is Out
Last Updated on July 17, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Dr. Mandar Karhade, MD. PhD.
Originally published on Towards AI.
GPT4 kept the model secret to avoid competition, now the secret is out!

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The GPT4 model has been THE groundbreaking model so far, available to the general public either for free or through their commercial portal (for public beta use). It has worked wonders in igniting new project ideas and use-cases for many entrepreneurs but the secrecy about the number of parameters and the model was killing all enthusiasts who were betting on the first 1 trillion parameter model to 100 trillion parameter claims!
Well, the cat is out of the bag (Sort of). On June 20th, George Hotz, founder of self-driving startup Comma.ai leaked that GPT-4 isn’t a single monolithic dense model… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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