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This post discusses the latest open LLM model releases, compares DPO and PPO for LLM alignment, and provides a list of interesting research papers in April.

How Good Are the Latest Open LLMs? And Is DPO Better Than PPO?

1. Mixtral, Llama 3, and Phi-3: What’s New?

2. OpenELM: An Efficient Language Model Family with Open-source Training and Inference Framework

3. Is DPO Superior to PPO for LLM Alignment? A Comprehensive Study

4. Other Interesting Research Papers In April