Hugging Face Overview
Borealis 4B Instruct (Preview)
NbAiLab/borealis-4b-instruct-preview is a 4-billion parameter instruction-tuned model, released as a preview for early testing and feedback. It is an experimental model based on the google/gemma-3-4b-it architecture, fine-tuned solely on textual instructions using the NbAiLab/aurora-sft-2512 dataset.
Key Characteristics
- Preview Quality: This is a pre-release model, and its outputs may be unstable or prone to hallucination.
- Norwegian Focus: Specifically intended for tasks requiring Norwegian language understanding and generation.
- No Safety Alignment: Crucially, this model has not undergone safety alignment and may produce harmful, biased, or inappropriate content. It is not suitable for safety-critical applications without additional mitigations.
Intended Use Cases
- Norwegian Assistant Tasks: Ideal for drafting, summarization, question-answering, and light reasoning in Norwegian.
- Writing Style Assessment: Useful for evaluating Norwegian writing style and quality.
- Early Evaluation: Designed for assessing model behavior, language coverage (Bokmål/Nynorsk), and overall quality in a Norwegian context.
Available Formats
The model is available in various formats, including Transformers (safetensors), GGUF quantizations (q8_0, f16, bf16), and MLX for Apple Silicon (32-bit and 8-bit quantized).