GoKawiilAi2 open-sources AstaBrief 8B, a fast citation-report model for Asta
Ai2 released AstaBrief 8B, an 8-billion-parameter open model that converts a research question and retrieved literature excerpts into a fully cited report in a single generation pass. It is now available in Asta's 'Generate a report' feature as a 'Fast mode' alongside a Claude-powered 'Thinking mode,' and Ai2 is also releasing the training data. Across the Asta pipeline, Fast mode averages 51.1 seconds per report versus 178.5 seconds for the proprietary models previously used.