Microsoft Hid BitNet Training Code for Over a Year, Dev Shares It
QuixiAI · x · 2026-07-07
Developer QuixiAI criticized Microsoft for hiding the training code for BitNet (a 1-bit neural network architecture) for over a year and directly shared links to the relevant code. BitNet has garnered significant academic interest due to its extremely low bit-width, and the lack of training code had previously hindered community reproduction and further research.
Related event: Developer Replicates BitNet Training Code on MacBook(2 posts)→
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