New seed models from Qwen and ByteDance have been spotted being tested on the Arena.

Model Details

According to reports, the models named "Karp-001" and "Karp-002" identify themselves as preliminary versions of Qwen-3.5. Simultaneously, the models "Pisces-llm-0206a" and "Pisces-llm-0206b" are attributed to ByteDance.

The availability of seed models is crucial for the open source community, as it allows for further development and adaptation of the models to specific use cases. Competition between different architectures and implementations fosters innovation and performance optimization.

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