Chinese Tiny LLM: Pretraining a Chinese-Centric Large Language Model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04167v5
• Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:47:29 GMT
• Title: Chinese Tiny LLM: Pretraining a Chinese-Centric Large Language Model
• Authors: Xinrun Du, Zhouliang Yu, Songyang Gao, Ding Pan, Yuyang Cheng, Ziyang Ma, Ruibin Yuan, Xingwei Qu, Jiaheng Liu, Tianyu Zheng, Xinchen Luo, Guorui Zhou, Wenhu Chen, Ge Zhang,
• Abstract summary: We introduce CT-LLM, a 2B large language model (LLM) Uniquely initiated from scratch, CT-LLM diverges from the conventional methodology by incorporating Chinese textual data. CT-LLM excels in Chinese language tasks, and showcases its adeptness in English through SFT.
• Score: 36.01840141194335
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: In this study, we introduce CT-LLM, a 2B large language model (LLM) that illustrates a pivotal shift towards prioritizing the Chinese language in developing LLMs. Uniquely initiated from scratch, CT-LLM diverges from the conventional methodology by primarily incorporating Chinese textual data, utilizing an extensive corpus of 1,200 billion tokens, including 800 billion Chinese tokens, 300 billion English tokens, and 100 billion code tokens. This strategic composition facilitates the model's exceptional proficiency in understanding and processing Chinese, a capability further enhanced through alignment techniques. Demonstrating remarkable performance on the CHC-Bench, CT-LLM excels in Chinese language tasks, and showcases its adeptness in English through SFT. This research challenges the prevailing paradigm of training LLMs predominantly on English corpora and then adapting them to other languages, broadening the horizons for LLM training methodologies. By open-sourcing the full process of training a Chinese LLM, including a detailed data processing procedure with the obtained Massive Appropriate Pretraining Chinese Corpus (MAP-CC), a well-chosen multidisciplinary Chinese Hard Case Benchmark (CHC-Bench), and the 2B-size Chinese Tiny LLM (CT-LLM), we aim to foster further exploration and innovation in both academia and industry, paving the way for more inclusive and versatile language models.

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