Replicate API exposes Phi-2 through model ID lucataco/phi-2. 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
- 2Use the Replicate API SDK or REST API to call
lucataco/phi-2— see the documentation for request format. - 3
Code Examples
pip install replicateREPLICATE_API_TOKENlucataco/phi-2Replicate uses "owner/model-name" format (e.g. "meta/meta-llama-3-8b-instruct") for the latest version, or "owner/model-name:version-sha" to pin to a specific version. The REST endpoint splits owner and model-name into the path: /v1/models/{owner}/{model-name}/predictions.
import replicate
# reads REPLICATE_API_TOKEN from env
# lucataco/phi-2 format: "owner/model-name" (latest version) or "owner/model-name:version-hash"
output = replicate.run(
"lucataco/phi-2",
input={"prompt": "Hello"}
)
# Output is a list or generator depending on the model
print("".join(output))Pricing on Replicate API
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.05 |
| Output tokens | $0.25 |
Capabilities
About Phi-2
Phi-2 is a compact language model by Microsoft endowed with 2.7 billion parameters and part of their Phi series. It shows formidable capabilities in reasoning and language understanding, outshining much larger models, even those with up to 25 times more parameters. Phi-2's training utilized a vast and diverse dataset of 1.4 trillion tokens, incorporating high-quality synthetic data and curated web content to bolster its common sense reasoning and general knowledge. Interestingly, despite lacking fine-tuning via reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), it exhibits enhanced safety features and reduced bias.