Model Overview

The empower-dev-staging/empower-functions-small-v1-1-lc-2 is an 8 billion parameter language model, fine-tuned from meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. This model specializes in function calling, leveraging a diverse dataset to improve its ability to identify and utilize external tools or APIs based on user prompts. It was trained using Axolotl, with a focus on enhancing its conversational capabilities for tool-use scenarios.

Key Capabilities

• Function Calling: Optimized for understanding when and how to invoke functions, making it suitable for applications requiring interaction with external systems.
• Llama 3.1 Base: Benefits from the strong foundational capabilities of the Meta Llama 3.1-8B-Instruct model, including its reasoning and instruction-following abilities.
• Context Length: Supports a sequence length of 4096 tokens, enabling the processing of moderately complex function calling instructions and conversational history.
• Efficient Training: Fine-tuned with LoRA (r=16, alpha=32) and Flash Attention, ensuring efficient adaptation while maintaining performance.

Training Details

The model was trained for one epoch with a learning rate of 0.0002, utilizing an Adam optimizer and a cosine learning rate scheduler. The training involved a mix of datasets, including those focused on function usage, non-usage, and parallel data, all formatted for Llama-3 conversation. The final validation loss achieved was 0.0968, indicating effective learning during the fine-tuning process.