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Z.ai·GLM

ChatGLM-6B

A 6.2B open model optimized for Chinese-English question answering and dialogue, and the public starting point of the ChatGLM product line.

LegacyLanguageOpen weights
MODEL NUMBER036
Release date
2023-03-15
Organization
Z.ai
Family
GLM
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Specifications

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Total parameters
6.2B
Architecture
Dense
Context
2K
Input modalities
Text
Open weights
Yes
Status
Legacy
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Overview

Overview

A 6.2B open model optimized for Chinese-English question answering and dialogue, and the public starting point of the ChatGLM product line.

Why it mattered

ChatGLM-6B brought the GLM approach to a more deployable open-model size and became a direct historical reference for later open GLM-4 models.

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Changes from predecessor

Compared with GLM-130B

PreviousGLM-130B130B · ctx
CurrentChatGLM-6B6.2B · 2K ctx
New capabilities Conversation Fine-tuning
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Architecture & capabilities

Key capabilities

bilingualConversationFine-tuning
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Release history

Open weights

ChatGLM launched with the open ChatGLM-6B version optimized for Chinese-English dialogue.

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Sources