Using Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on OctoAI API (Deprecated)

Implementation guide · Llama 3.1 · AI at Meta

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OctoAI API (Deprecated) exposes Llama 3.1 8B Instruct through model ID llama3.1-8b-instruct. 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 OctoAI API (Deprecated) and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the OctoAI API (Deprecated) SDK or REST API to call llama3.1-8b-instruct.

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About Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

The Llama 3.1 8B Instruct model, released on July 23, 2024, is a multilingual large language model with 8 billion parameters, optimized for instruction-following tasks. It features an enhanced transformer architecture, supporting languages like English, German, French, and others. The model excels in dialogue applications, having been fine-tuned using supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning with human feedback. Trained on approximately 15 trillion tokens with a December 2023 data cutoff, it outperforms many existing open-source and closed chat models in various benchmarks.

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Model Specs

Released2024-07-23
Parameters8B
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2023-12

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Provider

OctoAI API (Deprecated)

OctoAI (acquired by NVIDIA)

Seattle, Washington, United States