There are “models” (usually meaning “weights” specifically). The models (weights) are the raw data that contain the wisdom of the AIs.
There is software to “run” these models on your own machine, or to connect to an API.
There are services which run models for you and let you interact via web interface, app, or API. Some services may add text to your prompt, to create a better(?) prompt.
There is a bewildering array of models out there. Mostly, they are specialized and/or merged versions of some popular foundation models (by mistral, meta, and a few others). Without endorsing any service, I find that openrouter.ai and together.ai let you try a fairly large selection. There are other services.
It’s a bad list.
YSK: There are several things mixed in it.
There is a bewildering array of models out there. Mostly, they are specialized and/or merged versions of some popular foundation models (by mistral, meta, and a few others). Without endorsing any service, I find that openrouter.ai and together.ai let you try a fairly large selection. There are other services.
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