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Fine-tuning a 350M Model for Better Structured Outputs in 100 GRPO Steps

Researchers have demonstrated that a 350M parameter language model can be refined to produce reliable structured outputs using only 100 steps of Group Relative Policy Optimization. This method suggests that smaller, more efficient models can achieve specialized formatting tasks without requiring massive computational resources or extensive training datasets.

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