2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)

Closed weights DeepMind 5.4M parameters May 2018

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Origin

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Organisation
DeepMind
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Published
23 May 2018
Authors
Gábor Melis, Charles Blundell, Tomáš Kočiský, Karl Moritz Hermann, Chris Dyer, Phil Blunsom

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling

Size

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Parameters
5.4M
Training data
tokens

Availability

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Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

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Citations
14
Benchmark data
2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Pushing the bounds of dropout
Last updated
11 February 2026

What the numbers mean

What this model is

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2) was published by DeepMind, in the country recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, during May 2018. The publishing organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Answers

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2) — common questions

01

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 5.4M. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

02

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)— who created it?

It was published by DeepMind, based in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, an organisation categorised as industry.

03

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)— when was it released?

It was published in May 2018. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of language modeling. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

05

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

2-layer skip-LSTM + dropout tuning (WT2)— is it open source?

No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 11 February 2026

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