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Borealis 1B Instruct (Preview) Overview
NbAiLab/borealis-1b-instruct-preview is an experimental 1-billion parameter instruction-tuned model from NbAiLab, released for early testing and feedback. Based on the google/gemma-3-1b-it architecture, this model has been fine-tuned solely on textual instructions using the NbAiLab/aurora-sft-2512 dataset.
Key Characteristics
- Experimental Status: This is a preview model, meaning it is pre-release quality and intended for early evaluation. Outputs may be unstable and prone to hallucination.
- Norwegian Focus: Specifically designed for Norwegian-centric assistant tasks, including drafting, summarization, Q&A, and light reasoning.
- Safety Disclaimer: Crucially, this model has not been safety-aligned. It may produce harmful, biased, or inappropriate content and should not be used in safety-critical applications without additional mitigations.
- Format Availability: Provided in Transformers (safetensors), GGUF (q8_0, f16, bf16), and MLX (32-bit and 8-bit quantized) formats, supporting various deployment environments including Apple Silicon.
Good for
- Early assessment of model behavior and quality with Norwegian language (Bokmål and Nynorsk).
- Evaluating Norwegian writing style and content generation.
- Testing assistant-style tasks in a Norwegian context.
- Providing feedback on an experimental, unaligned model for future development.