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@misc{epoch2024largescalemodelreleases,
  title={The pace of large-scale model releases is accelerating},
  author={Robi Rahman},
  year={2024},
  url={https://epoch.ai/data-insights/large-scale-model-releases},
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}


            

The pace of large-scale model releases is accelerating

In 2017, only two models exceeded 10²³ FLOP in training compute. By 2020, this grew to four models; by 2022, there were 36, and by 2024, there were 201 models known to exceed 10²³ FLOP in our database, and 126 more with unconfirmed training compute that likely exceed 10²³ FLOP. As AI investment increases and training hardware becomes more cost-effective, models at this scale come within reach of more and more developers.

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Robi Rahman

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June 19, 2024

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July 11, 2025

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