Training

Instruction tuning

Fine-tuning a pre-trained model on examples of instructions and good responses, so it follows requests instead of just continuing text.

A base model asked 'Write a poem' might continue with more instructions. An instruction-tuned model writes the poem. Most models you use through APIs are instruction-tuned.

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What does Instruction tuning mean?

Fine-tuning a pre-trained model on examples of instructions and good responses, so it follows requests instead of just continuing text. A base model asked 'Write a poem' might continue with more instructions. An instruction-tuned model writes the poem. Most models you use through APIs are instruction-tuned.