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How an inference provider can prove they're not serving a quantized model
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Tinfoil verifies the identity of models served through inference APIs, ensuring users receive the exact model weights as published. It addresses concerns about potential modifications, such as quantization or altered context windows, in open-source models.
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- Praise: Allowing users to provide the seed for generation could enhance transparency, enabling comparisons between different providers and ensuring consistency in model outputs.
- Concern: The proposed method of attestation does not guarantee that the inference provider is running the claimed model, as they could simply provide a hash of any output they choose.
- Concern: Local verification does not address the need for remote validation, leaving users uncertain about the integrity of the model being used.