Layer Normalization: Draw

Closed weights University of Toronto July 2016

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
University of Toronto
Organisation type
Academia
Country
Canada
Published
21 July 2016
Authors
Jimmy Lei Ba, Jamie Ryan Kiros, Geoffrey E. Hinton

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Image generation
Task
Image generation
Base model
Draw

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
39,200,000 tokens

The dataset has been split into 50,000 training, 10,000 validation and 10,000 test

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

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

Reference
Layer Normalization
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

What this model is

Layer Normalization: Draw was published by University of Toronto, in the country recorded as Canada, during July 2016. The category the publisher falls under is academia.

It works in the domain of Image generation, and is recorded as performing the task of image generation.

Its starting point was an existing base model, Draw. That is the usual way a specialised model is produced.

This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.

Training and provenance

It was trained on a corpus of about 39,200,000 tokens of text.

Answers

Layer Normalization: Draw — common questions

01

Layer Normalization: Draw— how many parameters does it have?

No parameter count has been published for it, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

02

Layer Normalization: Draw— who created it?

It was published by University of Toronto, based in Canada, an organisation categorised as academia.

03

Layer Normalization: Draw— when was it released?

It was published in July 2016. 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

Layer Normalization: Draw— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Image generation, and is recorded as handling the task of image generation. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

05

Layer Normalization: Draw— 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

Layer Normalization: Draw— is it open source?

The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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