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Studied uniform and validation-greedy weight averaging across independently fine-tuned models from a shared pretrained initialization, retaining a single-model inference footprint.
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Inherits weight averaging and low-error-basin observations. Fine-tuning sweeps and validation selection still cost compute; no extra inference cost does not mean free training. No guarantee for arbitrary independently initialized models, architectures, basins or every downstream task.
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Mitchell Wortsman; Gabriel Ilharco; Samir Yitzhak Gadre; Rebecca Roelofs; Raphael Gontijo-Lopes; Ari S. Morcos; Hongseok Namkoong; Ali Farhadi; Yair Carmon; Simon Kornblith; Ludwig Schmidt
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Model soups: averaging independently fine-tuned models from a common initialization
Studied uniform and validation-greedy weight averaging across independently fine-tuned models from a shared pretrained initialization, retaining a single-model inference footprint.
Scientific scope
Inherits weight averaging and low-error-basin observations. Fine-tuning sweeps and validation selection still cost compute; no extra inference cost does not mean free training. No guarantee for arbitrary independently initialized models, architectures, basins or every downstream task.
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People and systems
Mitchell Wortsman; Gabriel Ilharco; Samir Yitzhak Gadre; Rebecca Roelofs; Raphael Gontijo-Lopes; Ari S. Morcos; Hongseok Namkoong; Ali Farhadi; Yair Carmon; Simon Kornblith; Ludwig Schmidt
Source-listed authors or explicitly credited technical contributors for the cited versions. Family entries retain source-specific attribution; a combined list is not one original-paper byline or equal individual work. Names alone do not establish resolved identities.