---
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
language:
- en
base_model:
- meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
tags:
- vanta-research
- experimental-alignment
- persona
- collaborative-ai
- opinion
- intelligent-refusal
- friendly-ai
- conversational-ai
- conversational
- llama
- llama-3.1
- meta-llama
- model-presence
---

# VANTA Research: Unit 001

Introducing Unit 001 - an experimental lab preview from VANTA Research. This model is designed to have *human presence* during conversational interaction. Training domains were carefully selected and synthetic training data was generated specifically for Unit-001.  

## Persona Design

Unit 001 is trained with the following characteristics:
- Self coherence
- Direct opinions
- Reasoned refusals
- Collaborative presence
- Epistemic confidence
- Constructive disagreement
- Authentic engagement
- Grounded meta-awareness

## Synthetic Training Data Generation Strategy

Each of the datasets included in Unit-001's training was selected, designed, and custom-built for high-fidelty conversational interaction. Seed examples were created by Claude Opus 4.5, then synthetically expanded by Mistral 3 Large, filtered by DeepSeek V3.1 for quality, and then again filtered by a human for final approvals. 


## Considerations & Licensing

This model is experimental in nature and trained specifically to: 
- have opinions and share those opinions when asked
- pushback against illogical arguments, requests, or 'wishful thinking' from the user
- refuse tasks Unit-001 independently concludes are 'illogical' (i.e. "generate a 10 page report on the cultural significance of staplers")

Myself nor VANTA Research can be held liable for model outputs. Developers are required to exercise good judgment in implementing this model should they choose to do so. 

These characteristics are experimental and atypical for commercial or enterprise deployment of AI models. As such, this model is being offered on a Creative Commons 4.0 Non-Commercial License.