As demand grows for faster, more capable large language models (LLMs), researchers have introduced a new approach that significantly reduces response times without compromising output quality. The ...

The encoder–decoder approach was significantly faster than LLMs such as Microsoft’s Phi-3.5, which is a decoder-only model. “When comparing Mu to a similarly fine-tuned Phi-3.5-mini, ...

According to the researchers, the decoder-only model has the disadvantage that it is too large, too slow, and too expensive for many tasks, which can be inconvenient for general users.