The Baichuan Large Model series, developed by Baichuan Intelligence, is a set of large-scale pre-trained language models aimed at creating China’s most advanced language AI models.
Versions of the Baichuan Model
Baichuan-7B
Baichuan-7B is an open-source, commercially viable large-scale pre-trained language model developed by Baichuan Intelligence. Based on the Transformer architecture, it has 7 billion parameters and was trained on approximately 1.2 trillion tokens, supporting both Chinese and English.
Baichuan-13B
Following Baichuan-7B, Baichuan-13B was developed with 13 billion parameters. It is also an open-source, commercially viable large language model that has achieved the best performance in its size category on authoritative Chinese and English benchmarks.
Baichuan 2
Baichuan 2 is the new generation of open-source large language models released by Baichuan Intelligence, available in 7B and 13B parameter versions. Trained on 2.6 trillion tokens of high-quality data, these models excel in general and domain-specific tasks across multiple authoritative Chinese, English, and multilingual benchmarks.
Baichuan 4
Baichuan 4 is the latest generation large model released by Baichuan Intelligence, introducing multimodal capabilities for the first time. It outperforms other multimodal models such as Gemini Pro and Claude3-sonnet in various benchmarks, particularly excelling in Chinese tasks like knowledge-based inquiries, long-text generation, and creative writing.
Application Scenarios
Natural Language Processing
- Text Classification: Automatically classifies text data into predefined categories, widely applicable in information filtering, content recommendation, and other scenarios.
- Sentiment Analysis: Analyzes sentiment within text, useful for public opinion monitoring, product reviews, and helping companies understand user emotions and market feedback.
- Question-Answering Systems: Achieves high-precision semantic understanding and question matching, offering accurate and efficient Q&A experiences in fields such as customer service and online education.
Healthcare
- Medical Imaging Analysis: Performs well in medical imaging, accurately identifying diseased areas and assisting doctors with diagnoses, improving efficiency and accuracy in medical treatment.
- Health Advisor: Baichuan's AI health advisor offers personalized health recommendations and medical consultations to improve the quality of healthcare services.
Enterprise Applications
- Information Query: Integrates with internal and external enterprise APIs to manage complex internal processes, such as information queries, database searches, and system operations.
- Knowledge Management: Combines enterprise knowledge bases with real-time internet data to provide comprehensive knowledge management solutions, supporting enhanced search and knowledge base management.
Multimodal Applications
- Image Recognition and Generation: Handles multiple data types such as text and images, applicable to image recognition and image generation scenarios.
- Speech Processing: Supports speech recognition and synthesis, used in applications like intelligent voice assistants and speech translation.
Finance and Business
- Risk Assessment: In the financial sector, Baichuan models assess credit risk in real-time through big data analysis, helping financial institutions make more accurate lending decisions.
- Personalized Recommendations: Provides personalized content, product, and service suggestions based on user interests and needs, enhancing user experience.
Education and Training
- Smart Teaching: Assists teachers in generating and optimizing teaching content, improving teaching quality, and is used in smart education platforms.
- Online Learning: Provides personalized learning suggestions and tutoring for students through natural language processing and speech recognition, improving learning outcomes.
Intelligent Customer Service
- Automatic Replies: Understands user questions and provides appropriate answers, supporting multi-turn dialogues to improve customer service efficiency.
- Sentiment Analysis: Analyzes customer sentiment to help businesses better understand customer needs and provide higher-quality service.
Pricing Models
Pay-as-You-Go
Baichuan models generally use a pay-as-you-go pricing model, charging based on the amount of data (tokens) used. This model is suitable for most users, especially those with uncertain usage needs.
- Per 1,000 Tokens: For example, during peak hours (8:00 AM to 12:00 AM), the rate is ¥0.02 per 1,000 tokens, while during off-peak hours (12:00 AM to 8:00 AM), the rate is ¥0.01 per 1,000 tokens.
Subscription Plans
Baichuan Intelligence also offers different subscription plans that include a certain number of tokens, valid for one year. This model is ideal for users with clear usage needs.
- Example Plan: A typical plan might cost ¥1,500 and include 50 million tokens, valid for one year.
Open-Source Versions
Baichuan-7B
- Parameters: 7 billion
- Open-Source Status: Baichuan-7B is an open-source, commercially viable large-scale pre-trained language model based on the Transformer structure, supporting both Chinese and English.
- Usage License: Licensed under the Apache-2.0 protocol, the model weights are available for free commercial use with simple registration.
Baichuan-13B
- Parameters: 13 billion
- Open-Source Status: Baichuan-13B is also an open-source, commercially viable large language model supporting both Chinese and English.
- Usage License: Similarly licensed under an open-source protocol, allowing developers to engage in secondary development and commercial use.
Baichuan 2
- Parameters: 7B and 13B
- Open-Source Status: The Baichuan 2 series includes both 7B and 13B versions, all of which are open-source and trained on high-quality multilingual data.
- Usage License: These models also follow an open-source license, supporting extensive research and commercial applications.
Closed-Source Versions
Baichuan-53B
- Parameters: 53 billion
- Closed-Source Status: Baichuan-53B is Baichuan Intelligence's first closed-source large model, primarily aimed at business users, offering advanced writing and text generation capabilities.
- Usage License: As a closed-source model, Baichuan-53B does not provide open-source code or model weights. Users need to access it through API calls, typically with a fee.
Baichuan 2-53B
- Parameters: 53 billion
- Closed-Source Status: Baichuan 2-53B is an upgraded version of Baichuan-53B, further enhancing its mathematical and logical reasoning abilities and significantly reducing model hallucination through high-quality data and search enhancement techniques.
- Usage License: Also a closed-source model, primarily targeting commercial users who access it via API.
