Using MT0 XXL on IBM watsonx

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IBM watsonx exposes MT0 XXL through model ID mt0-xxl. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at IBM watsonx and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the IBM watsonx SDK or REST API to call mt0-xxl — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $1.80/1M input, $1.80/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See IBM watsonx documentation for integration details.

Pricing on IBM watsonx

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$1.80
Output tokens$1.80

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

About MT0 XXL

The MT0 XXL model, part of the BLOOMZ and mT0 family developed by the BigScience workshop, is a large language AI model designed for multilingual applications with zero-shot capabilities. It features 13.9 billion parameters and is built on a transformer architecture with an encoder-decoder structure. Trained with a multitask finetuning approach using the xP3 dataset, MT0 XXL excels in tasks such as translation, question answering, text generation, and summarization. Although powerful, the model's performance hinges on prompt specificity and the diversity of its training data. Running the model can be resource-intensive, which might limit its accessibility for smaller entities 1.

Model Specs

Released2024-01-01
Parameters13B
Context1k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

Provider

IBM watsonx

IBM

Armonk, New York, United States