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checkpoint
A saved snapshot of a model's weights at a specific point in training or fine-tuning, the exact file that gets tested, released, or further modified.
also written as checkpoints · model checkpoint
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abliterationA technique that locates the internal directions in a model's weights responsible for refusal behavior and edits them out, stripping safety guardrails without retraining.view termfrontier modelOne of the most capable AI models available at a given time, used as the reference point against which smaller or older models get compared.view term
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