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Learn how to fine-tune FunctionGemma on TPUs in a @GoogleColab notebook. This guide uses Tunix, a lightweight JAX library, to streamline post-training your LLM🧵👇 https://t.co/QbfDFvSyd9
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Google published a developer guide showing how to fine-tune FunctionGemma, its small language model that translates natural language into actionable API calls for edge devices. The guide uses Tunix, a JAX-based library designed for LLM post-training that supports supervised fine-tuning, LoRA, preference tuning, reinforcement learning, and model distillation across Gemma, Qwen, and Llama models.
The tutorial runs entirely on free-tier Colab TPU v5e-1, applying LoRA adapters via Qwix and demonstrating a significant accuracy improvement after a single training epoch with high TPU utilization. The fine-tuned model exports to safetensors for on-device deployment through LiteRT, making this a complete pipeline from training to edge.
If you're building function-calling agents for mobile or edge devices, the accompanying Colab notebook lets you run the full fine-tuning workflow without any GPU or TPU costs.
