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Muon

Microsoft’s open source Dion optimizer aims to make huge AI models faster and cheaper to train

August 12, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
microsoft dion ai optimizer

Microsoft has unveiled Dion, a new open-source optimizer that could make massive AI models faster and cheaper to train by using low rank orthonormal updates.

Categories Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags AdamW, AI, deep learning, Dion, LLaMA, machine learning, Microsoft, Muon, optimizer, PyTorch
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