Reflection AI releases Apache 2.0 weights for 501B-parameter Beam model
Reflection AI released the weights of Beam, its first open model, under the Apache 2.0 license. The 501B-parameter model was trained with reinforcement learning that penalized unnecessary tokens, and the company is positioning it against Chinese open models.
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat : Reflection AI releases Apache 2.0-licensed weights for Beam, a 501B-parameter model, trained with RL that penalized unnecessary tokens — Reflection AI today released the weights of Beam, its first open model, and is pitching it against the Chinese open models that many U.S. companies …
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