What's the most influential model since BERT?

For you, which model has defined generative AI the most?

  • the first llama coming out of nowhere
  • the usability of mistral 7b
  • the ubiquity of llama3
  • the impact of Qwen2.5
  • the smolness of SmolLM2
  • an other model

It would be cool to discuss these models, and why they're important to folk looking back.

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Also discussing here: https://huggingface.co/spaces/OSAIResearchCommunity/README/discussions/2