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 Inference of [LLaMA](https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13971) model in pure C/C++
 
+## ⚠️ TEMPORARY NOTICE ABOUT UPCOMING BREAKING CHANGE ⚠️
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+**The quantization formats will soon be updated: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/1305**
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+**All `ggml` model files using the old format will not work with the latest `llama.cpp` code after that change is merged**
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 **Hot topics:**
 
 - [Roadmap May 2023](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/discussions/1220)