---
language:
- en
pipeline_tag: text-generation
tags:
- Pytorch
- Llama3
- M42
- Health
- HealthCare
base_model: m42-health/Llama3-Med42-8B
---

# SandLogic Technologies - Quantized Llama3-Med42-8B Models

## Model Description

We have quantized the Llama3-Med42-8B model into two variants:

1. Q5_KM
2. Q4_KM

These quantized models offer improved efficiency while maintaining performance.

Discover our full range of quantized language models by visiting our [SandLogic Lexicon](https://github.com/sandlogic/SandLogic-Lexicon) GitHub.
To learn more about our company and services, check out our website at [SandLogic](https://www.sandlogic.com).


## Original Model Information

- **Name**: [Llama3-Med42-8B](https://huggingface.co/m42-health/Llama3-Med42-8B)
- **Developer**: M42 Health AI Team
- **Base Model**: [Llama3-8B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct)
- **Model Type**: Clinical large language model (LLM)
- **Parameters**: 8 billion
- **Context Length**: 8k tokens
- **Input**: Text only
- **Output**: Text only
- **License**: Llama 3 Community License Agreement

## Model Capabilities

Llama3-Med42-8B is designed for medical and healthcare-related tasks, including:

- Medical question answering
- Patient record summarization
- Aiding medical diagnosis
- General health Q&A

## Training Data

The model was instruction-tuned using a dataset of approximately 1 billion tokens compiled from various open-access and high-quality sources, including:

- Medical flashcards
- Exam questions
- Open-domain dialogues

## Important Limitations and Safe Use

**DISCLAIMER: This model is not yet ready for clinical use without further testing and validation. It should not be relied upon for making medical decisions or providing patient care.**

- Potential for generating incorrect or harmful information
- Risk of perpetuating biases in training data
- Requires extensive human evaluation to ensure safety

## Use Cases

While not ready for real clinical use, potential applications include:

1. **Medical Education**: Assist in studying and understanding medical concepts
2. **Research Support**: Aid in literature review and hypothesis generation
3. **Health Information**: Provide general health information (with appropriate disclaimers)
4. **Clinical Decision Support**: (Future potential) Enhance clinical decision-making processes

## Model Variants

We offer two quantized versions of the Llama3-Med42-8B model:

1. **Q5_KM**: 5-bit quantization using the KM method
2. **Q4_KM**: 4-bit quantization using the KM method

These quantized models aim to reduce model size and improve inference speed while maintaining performance as close to the original model as possible.

## Usage

```bash
pip install llama-cpp-python 
```
Please refer to the llama-cpp-python [documentation](https://llama-cpp-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) to install with GPU support.

### Basic Text Completion
Here's an example demonstrating how to use the high-level API for basic text completion:

```bash
from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama(
    model_path="./models/7B/Llama3-Med42-8B.gguf",
    verbose=False,
    # n_gpu_layers=-1, # Uncomment to use GPU acceleration
    # n_ctx=2048, # Uncomment to increase the context window
)

output = llm.create_chat_completion(
    messages =[
    {
        "role": "system",
        "content": (
            "You are a helpful, respectful and honest medical assistant. You are a second version of Med42 developed by the AI team at M42, UAE. "
            "Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. "
            "Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. "
            "Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense, or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. "
            "If you don’t know the answer to a question, please don’t share false information."
        ),
    },
    {"role": "user", "content": "What are the symptoms of diabetes?"},
]
)

print(output["choices"][0]['message']['content'])
```

## Download
You can download `Llama` models in `gguf` format directly from Hugging Face using the `from_pretrained` method. This feature requires the `huggingface-hub` package.

To install it, run: `pip install huggingface-hub`

```bash
from llama_cpp import Llama

llm = Llama.from_pretrained(
    repo_id="SandLogicTechnologies/Llama3-Med42-8B-GGUF",
    filename="*Llama3-Med42-8B-Q5_K_M.gguf",
    verbose=False
)
```
By default, from_pretrained will download the model to the Hugging Face cache directory. You can manage installed model files using the huggingface-cli tool.


## Ethical Considerations

Users must be aware of the model's limitations and potential biases. It should not be used for direct medical advice or decision-making without proper validation and human oversight.


## Acknowledgements

We thank the M42 Health AI Team and the creators of Llama3 for their contributions to the field of medical AI.Special thanks to Georgi Gerganov and the entire llama.cpp development team for their outstanding contributions.

## Contact

For any inquiries or support, please contact us at support@sandlogic.com or visit our [support page](https://www.sandlogic.com/LingoForge/support).