Open-Assistant
About
OpenAssistant, developed by LAION, is a family of open-source large language models (LLMs) designed to serve as accessible, powerful chat-based assistants akin to models like ChatGPT and GPT-4. The initiative focused on broad accessibility, including commercial use, setting it apart from other open-source LLMs with limited licenses. These models were trained on a vast dataset gathered through a community effort with over 13,000 volunteers contributing more than 600,000 interactions. The training regimen included supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning from human feedback, enhancing the models' ability to follow instructions and be helpful. Although the project has ended, the models and datasets remain available for public use. Some models, however, might be based on more restricted models like LLaMA 67810.