ByteDance opens Cola DLM

A hierarchical latent diffusion language model for text is now available with weights and code for outside inspection and follow-up work

Cola DLM is now open-sourced, including model weights and code! Thanks for the community support — we look forward to seeing your explorations and follow-up works. Code: https:// github.com/ByteDance-Seed /Cola-DLM … Model: https:// hug

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