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license, datasets, language, base_model, pipeline_tag, library_name, tags
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Borealis 270M Instruct (Preview)
Release: Jan 31st, 2026.
Model summary
NbAiLab/borealis-270m-instruct-preview is a 270M-parameter instruction-tuned preview model intended for early testing and feedback. It is an experiment and should be treated as pre-release quality.
This model is based on google/gemma-3-270m-it, and fine-tuned on textual instructions only.
Training data
Supervised fine-tuning (SFT) uses NbAiLab/aurora-sft-2512 (not released yet).
⚠️ Safety / alignment disclaimer (important)
This is a preview experiment and has not been safety-aligned yet. The model may produce harmful, biased, or insensitive outputs (including content that is offensive, unsafe, or inappropriate). Do not use it for safety-critical or high-stakes applications, and add your own safety mitigations if deploying.
Intended use
- Norwegian-centric assistant-style tasks (e.g., drafting, summarization, Q&A, light reasoning).
- Assesstment of Norwegian writing style and quality.
- Early evaluation of behavior, language coverage (Norwegian / Bokmål / Nynorsk), and quality.
Limitations
- Preview quality; outputs may be unstable and may hallucinate.
- Not aligned for safety; may follow harmful instructions or generate problematic content (see disclaimer above).
Weights & formats
Transformers (original)
- NbAiLab/borealis-270m-instruct-preview (safetensors).
GGUF quantizations
Available in NbAiLab/borealis-270m-instruct-preview-gguf:
model-q8_0.ggufmodel-f16.ggufmodel-bf16.gguf
Use:
ollama run hf.co/NbAiLab/borealis-270m-instruct-preview-gguf:BF16
MLX (Apple Silicon)
Available in NbAiLab/borealis-270m-instruct-preview-mlx and quantized to 8 bits.
Use:
# Install MLX LM
uv tool install mlx-lm
# Interactive chat REPL
mlx_lm.chat --model "NbAiLab/borealis-270m-instruct-preview-mlx"
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the Gemma team at Google for releasing Gemma 3 and to everyone contributing feedback on this preview.