Yi-6B-Chat-8bits
Yi-6B-Chat-8bits is a 6 billion parameter chat model from 01-ai, released November 22, 2023. Yi-6B-Chat-8bits is an open-weights chat model with roughly 6 billion parameters.
by 01-ai · 6B parameters
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Ways to use Yi-6B-Chat-8bits in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your 01-ai API key. osFoundry discovers Yi-6B-Chat-8bits automatically — assign it to a Maestro role (router, direct, orchestrator, or fallback) in the Pipeline tab and it is live in every chat. Your key, your provider account — no token markup.
Deploy a dedicated endpoint
Yi-6B-Chat-8bits is open-weights — run it locally for free, or deploy a dedicated GPU endpoint in your workspace for reserved capacity with no rate limits.
Use it in a Room App
Room Apps declare AI features in their manifest, then call them with invokeAI:
import { invokeAI } from '@osfoundry/app-sdk'
// 'summarize' is an AI feature declared in your app manifest.
const result = await invokeAI('summarize', userText)
Call it from your own apps
Once a model is wired into your workspace you can host it as an API and reach it from your own services, scripts, or CI — outside osFoundry.
What hardware can run Yi-6B-Chat-8bits
Yi-6B-Chat-8bits runs on a single 16GB consumer GPU (~4 GB VRAM with KV-cache headroom). Full-precision inference fits on a single H100 80GB at FP16 precision (~15 GB).
Yi-6B-Chat-8bits vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about Yi-6B-Chat-8bits
Is Yi-6B-Chat-8bits free to use?
Yi-6B-Chat-8bits is free to run locally on your own hardware. Hosted access through osFoundry is metered (input Free (local), output Free (local)). You can switch between local and hosted at any time.
Can I use Yi-6B-Chat-8bits commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use. Check upstream documentation.
How much VRAM does Yi-6B-Chat-8bits need?
Approximately 4 GB at Q4 quantisation, or 15 GB at full FP16 precision. Fits on a single 24GB consumer GPU.
Can I run Yi-6B-Chat-8bits locally?
Yes. Yi-6B-Chat-8bits is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is Yi-6B-Chat-8bits best at?
Yi-6B-Chat-8bits is well-suited to text generation.
How do I use Yi-6B-Chat-8bits in osFoundry?
Paste your 01-ai API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign Yi-6B-Chat-8bits to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by 01-ai on November 22, 2023. Source: https://huggingface.co/01-ai/Yi-6B-Chat-8bits