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Lance 3B (unified) is an AI model built by ByteDance. Strongest at Cross-task research, prototyping pipelines that need image + video + edit + VQA from one model, "one model, four tasks" demos. Apache 2.0, commercial use OK.. Self-hosted on Free.ai GPUs — runs free against your daily token pool (100 tokens per use). Released under Apache 2.0 — commercial use permitted on Free.ai.
Use via API
curl https://api.free.ai/v1/chat/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-d '{"model":"lance-3b"}'
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Lance 3B (unified) is an AI model built by ByteDance. Strongest at Cross-task research, prototyping pipelines that need image + video + edit + VQA from one model, "one model, four tasks" demos. Apache 2.0, commercial use OK.. Self-hosted on Free.ai GPUs — runs free against your d
Lance 3B (unified) works well for Cross-task research, prototyping pipelines that need image + video + edit + VQA from one model, "one model, four tasks" demos. Apache 2.0, commercial use OK.. Try the sample prompts above to see its style.
About 100 tokens per average message. Free accounts get a 30,000-token daily pool that covers self-hosted chat; premium models are pay-as-you-go, with token top-ups from $1.
It depends on the task. /chat/compare/ lets you send the same prompt to Lance 3B (unified) and any other model side-by-side - comparison is the fastest way to decide.
Yes. Outputs are yours - Free.ai does not claim rights to anything you generate. The underlying model is Apache 2.0-licensed.
32,768 tokens.
Replies stream token-by-token within ~1 second. Total response time depends on length and model size - small models stream faster, frontier models trade speed for depth.
Yes. Signed-in users see every chat in /account/?tab=history. You can also share a one-link copy of any conversation via the Share button.
Free.ai does not train models on your conversations. Self-hosted models stay on our GPUs. Premium models route to the upstream provider for inference.
Yes. POST to /v1/chat/ with model="lance-3b" and a messages array. Streaming SSE is supported. Full reference: /api/.
Lance 3B (unified) is Apache 2.0-licensed with 3B active params parameters. See /models/lance-3b/ for setup notes and our open-source repos at github.com/freeaigit.
Free accounts get a 30,000-token daily pool. When that runs out, token top-ups start at $1, pay-as-you-go - no subscription required.
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What is Lance 3B (unified)?
Lance 3B (unified) is an AI model built by ByteDance. Strongest at Cross-task research, prototyping pipelines that need image + video + edit + VQA from one model, "one model, four tasks" demos. Apache 2.0, commercial use OK.. Self-hosted on Free.ai GPUs — runs free against your daily token pool (100 tokens per use). Released under Apache 2.0 — commercial use permitted on Free.ai.
Best for: Cross-task research, prototyping pipelines that need image + video + edit + VQA from one model, "one model, four tasks" demos. Apache 2.0, commercial use OK.
Why use Lance 3B (unified) for chat?
Streaming responses
Replies stream token-by-token within ~1 second of pressing Send. No idle waiting.
Saved history
Signed-in users see every chat in /account/?tab=history with one-click share links.
Compare side by side
Send the same prompt to up to 4 models at /chat/compare/ and judge the outputs side by side.
Commercial use OK
Outputs are yours. Use them in apps, ads, docs, or anything else without attribution.
Sample prompts
Pricing
Self-hosted on our GPUs. Generation draws from your daily free pool first; once that runs out, paid tokens start at $1. Roughly ~100 tokens per message.
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