HyperCLOVA X SEED

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Naver's commercial open-source AI model

Features

• A small commercial open-source AI model specialized for the Korean language and Korean culture
• Comes in three parameter sizes, 3B, 1.5B, and 0.5B, so it can be tailored to various industries and usage environments
• The 3B model has image and video understanding capabilities, making it optimized for multimodal applications
• 1.5B and 0.5B are strong at text-based understanding and generation, and outperform competing models particularly in Korean language processing
• The models can be downloaded from Hugging Face and, if conditions are met, can be used freely for commercial purposes as well

Sowing seeds in the AI ecosystem: commercial open-source AI, HyperCLOVA X SEED

• HyperCLOVA X SEED is an open-source AI model available for commercial use
• Part of an effort to build an AI ecosystem specialized for the Korean language and Korean culture
• Released in three model sizes (3B, 1.5B, 0.5B), so it can be applied flexibly to various environments

HyperCLOVA X SEED 3B

• A model optimized for vision understanding
• Can precisely process visual information in the context of the Korean language and Korean culture
• Example: supports complex question answering such as identifying places in a video and suggesting travel routes
• Many possible uses such as tour guides and image-based question answering systems
• Benchmark results demonstrate high performance in Korean-based vision and text understanding

HyperCLOVA X SEED 1.5B

• A text-focused model with instruction-following capabilities
• Can perform advanced text generation tasks such as translation, summarization, and format instructions
• Capable of translating and processing not only Korean but also major languages such as English and Japanese
• Can also support specific response formats such as JSON or an informal (banmal) tone
• Recorded better performance than competing models on major Korean benchmarks (KMMLU, KoBEST, etc.)

HyperCLOVA X SEED 0.5B

• An ultra-small lightweight model capable of natural Korean conversation and knowledge answers
• Suitable for resource-constrained environments such as mobile, smart home, and wearable devices
• Example: provides structured answers to everyday questions such as interior design advice
• Outstanding performance for its class on Korean benchmarks such as KMMLU and KoBEST
• Achieves high efficiency with 39 times lower training cost than competing models

Training cost comparison

• HyperCLOVA X SEED 0.5B: 4,358 A100 GPU hours, cost $6,537
• QWEN2.5-0.5B: 169,257 A100 GPU hours, cost $253,886

How to use HyperCLOVA X SEED

• Models can be downloaded from Hugging Face
  • HyperCLOVAX-SEED-Vision-Instruct-3B
  • HyperCLOVAX-SEED-Text-Instruct-1.5B
  • HyperCLOVAX-SEED-Text-Instruct-0.5B
• Most commercial use is freely permitted (with certain exceptions)
• Test infrastructure support is planned for companies and institutions using it
  • 100 organizations selected to receive KRW 2 million in credits for testing HyperCLOVA X SEED
• Naver will support companies in strengthening their own AI competitiveness as a partner on their sovereign AI journey

See also

• LLM

Favorite site

• Naver releases commercial open-source AI model "HyperCLOVA X SEED" | GeekNews
  • [Original] Sowing seeds in the AI ecosystem: commercial open-source AI, HyperCLOVA X SEED | CLOVA