Model reference · open weights
instructblip-flan-t5-xl is an open-weight language model from Salesforce, listed in the AxForge catalogue. AxForge can bring it up on EU-owned hardware for you on request — with the licence handled where one is required.
About
InstructBLIP model InstructBLIP model using Flan-T5-xl as language model. InstructBLIP was introduced in the paper InstructBLIP: Towards General-purpose Vision-Language Models with Instruction Tuning by Dai et al. Disclaimer: The team releasing InstructBLIP did not write a model card for this model so this model card has been written by the Hugging Face team. Model description InstructBLIP is a visual instruction tuned version of BLIP-2. Refer to the paper for details. Intended uses & limitations Usage is as follows: How to use For code examples, we refer to the documentation. Ethical Considerations This release is for research purposes only in support of an academic paper. Our models, datasets, and code are not specifically designed or evaluated for all downstream purposes. We strongly recommend users evaluate and address potential concerns related to accuracy, safety, and fairness before deploying this model. We encourage users to consider the common limitations of AI, comply with applicable laws, and leverage best practices when selecting use cases, particularly for high-risk scenarios where errors or misuse could significantly impact people’s lives, rights, or safety. For further guidance on use cases, refer to our AUP and AI AUP.
Summarised from the published model card. Read the full card on the HuggingFace links below.
Specifications
| Maker | Salesforce |
|---|---|
| Type | Language models |
| Parameters (lead) | 4.0B |
| Variants | 1 |
| Runs with | transformers |
| Released | 2023-05-28 |
| Popularity | 49k downloads / month |
| Likes | 30 |
| Licence | Open weights |
How it works
Variants
Open weights ship in several sizes and precisions. One page, all the variants — pick the one that fits your GPU. VRAM figures are estimates from model size.
| Variant | Params | Precision | VRAM | Fits 16 GB | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| instructblip-flan-t5-xl | 4.0B | BF16 | ~9.3 GB | ✓ | Weights ↗ |
Using it via the API
Once AxForge deploys instructblip-flan-t5-xl for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (instructblip-flan-t5-xl below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)
$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"instructblip-flan-t5-xl","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
Licence
Open weights under mit — commercial use is permitted. Deploy it on AxForge EU hardware on request. Read the licence ↗