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# mlx-community/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-4bit
This model was converted to MLX format from [`meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct`]() using mlx-lm version **0.9.0**.
Refer to the [original model card](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct) for more details on the model.
## Use with mlx

```bash
pip install mlx-lm
```

```python
from mlx_lm import load, generate

model, tokenizer = load("mlx-community/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-4bit")
response = generate(model, tokenizer, prompt="hello", verbose=True)
```