---
base_model:
- NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B
- NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
library_name: transformers
tags:
- mergekit
- merge

---
# merge

This is a merge of pre-trained language models created using [mergekit](https://github.com/cg123/mergekit).

## Merge Details
### Merge Method

This model was merged using the [task arithmetic](https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.04089) merge method using [NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B](https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B) as a base.

### Models Merged

The following models were included in the merge:
* [NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct)

### Configuration

The following YAML configuration was used to produce this model:

```yaml
---
models:
  - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B
    parameters:
      weight: 0.5
  - model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
    parameters:
      weight: 0.5
merge_method: task_arithmetic
base_model: NousResearch/Meta-Llama-3-8B
dtype: bfloat16
tokenizer_source: union
```