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One of Arya’s most notable features is its efficiency. Many large-scale AI models tend to be resource-intensive, requiring vast computational power to operate. Arya, however, utilizes a mixture of experts architecture. Think of it as a team of specialists where only the necessary expert is activated for a specific task. This design ensures that the model remains lightweight and fast, consuming significantly fewer resources while maintaining high performance.
For perspective, Arya operates with 24.9 billion parameters, but at any given moment, only about 3.5 billion parameters are active. This selective activation allows it to outperform some larger, resource-heavy models without the need for supercomputers, making it more accessible to a broader audience.