Model Family
Falcon
TII Abu Dhabi's open-weights LLM family — Falcon 7B/40B/180B and Falcon 2.
Definition
Falcon, released by the Technology Innovation Institute, was among the first openly-licensed transformer LLMs above 100B parameters. It pioneered the RefinedWeb dataset and pushed open-weight quality to commercially-usable levels.
Common use cases
- Self-hosting
- Arabic-language tasks
- Research