---
base_model:
- tiiuae/falcon-11B
library_name: transformers
tags:
- mergekit
- merge
- lazymergekit
- tiiuae/falcon-11B
license: apache-2.0
language:
- 'no'
---
# sliced

This is a merge of pre-trained language models created using [mergekit](https://github.com/cg123/mergekit).

## Merge Details
### Merge Method

This model was pruned using the passthrough merge method.

### Models Merged

The following models were included in the merge:
* [tiiuae/falcon-11B](https://huggingface.co/tiiuae/falcon-11B)

### Configuration

The following YAML configuration was used to produce this model:


```yaml

slices:
  - sources:
      - model: tiiuae/falcon-11B
        layer_range: [0, 24]
  - sources:
      - model: tiiuae/falcon-11B
        layer_range: [55, 59]
merge_method: passthrough
dtype: bfloat16
```

[PruneMe](https://github.com/arcee-ai/PruneMe) has been utilized using the wikimedia/wikipedia Norwegian (no) subset by investigating layer similarity with 2000 samples. The layer ranges for pruning were determined based on this analysis to maintain performance while reducing model size.

![Layer Similarity Plot](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/660c0a02cf274b3ab77dd6b7/qO1JQv2NN-dKXYTwU_lTl.png)

## Direct Use
Research on large language models; as a foundation for further specialization and finetuning for specific usecases (e.g., summarization, text generation, chatbot, etc.)

## Out-of-Scope Use
Production use without adequate assessment of risks and mitigation; any use cases which may be considered irresponsible or harmful.

## Bias, Risks, and Limitations
Falcon2-5.5B is trained mostly on English, but also German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Romanian, Czech, Swedish. It will not generalize appropriately to other languages. Furthermore, as it is trained on a large-scale corpora representative of the web, it will carry the stereotypes and biases commonly encountered online.

## Recommendations
We recommend users of Falcon2-5.5B to consider finetuning it for the specific set of tasks of interest, and for guardrails and appropriate precautions to be taken for any production use.