$6 AI Model Shakes Up the LLM Landscape: Introducing S1
2025-02-05
A new paper unveils S1, an AI model trained for a mere $6, achieving near state-of-the-art performance while running on a standard laptop. The secret lies in its ingenious 'inference time scaling' method: by inserting 'Wait' commands during the LLM's thinking process, it controls thinking time and optimizes performance. This echoes the Entropix technique, both manipulating internal model states for improvement. S1's extreme data frugality, using only 1000 carefully selected examples, yields surprisingly good results, opening up new avenues for AI research and sparking discussion on model distillation and intellectual property. S1's low cost and high efficiency signal a faster pace of AI development.