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BERT (language model)

Bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT) is a language model introduced in October 2018 by researchers at Google. It learns to represent text as a sequence of vectors using self-supervised learning. It uses the encoder-only transformer architecture. BERT dramatically improved the state of the art for large language models. As of…

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License
Apache 2.0
Original author
Google AI
Release
October 31, 2018
Repository
github.com/google-research/bert
Type
Large language model · Transformer · Foundation model

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Avg. degree1.96
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BERT (language model)

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BERT (language model) → Foundation model, Large language model, Transformer
License · 1
BERT (language model) → Apache 2.0
Original author · 1
BERT (language model) → Google AI
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BERT (language model) → October 31, 2018
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BERT (language model) → github.com/google-research/bert
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BERT (language model) → arxiv.org/abs/1810.04805

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bert language token model tokens embedding sentence training layer text two vector models task representation one transformer sentences sequence parameters

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BERT (language model)LicenseApache 2.01.00infobox
BERT (language model)Original authorGoogle AI1.00infobox
BERT (language model)ReleaseOctober 31, 20181.00infobox
BERT (language model)Repositorygithub.com/google-research/bert1.00infobox
BERT (language model)TypeLarge language model1.00infobox
BERT (language model)TypeTransformer1.00infobox
BERT (language model)TypeFoundation model1.00infobox
BERT (language model)Websitearxiv.org/abs/1810.048051.00infobox
natural language inferenceinstance ofBERT can be fine-tuned with fewer resources on smaller datasets to optimize its performance on specific tasks0.80text
text classificationinstance ofBERT can be fine-tuned with fewer resources on smaller datasets to optimize its performance on specific tasks0.80text
and sequence-to-sequence-based language generation tasks such as question answeringinstance ofBERT can be fine-tuned with fewer resources on smaller datasets to optimize its performance on specific tasks0.80text
conversational response generation.The original BERT paper published results demonstrating that a small amount of finetuninginstance ofBERT can be fine-tuned with fewer resources on smaller datasets to optimize its performance on specific tasks0.80text

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