GROQ_MODEL_UPDATE.md

GROQ MODEL UPDATE GUIDE

Issue Fixed: Model Decommissioned Error

The error you encountered:

The model llama3-70b-8192 has been decommissioned and is no longer supported

✅ SOLUTION APPLIED:

Updated the model in modules/llm_handler.py from:

• ❌ llama3-70b-8192 (decommissioned)
• ✅ llama-3.1-70b-versatile (active)

Currently Supported Groq Models (as of Oct 2024):

Recommended for Your Use Case:

• llama-3.1-70b-versatile - Best for detailed interview evaluation
• llama-3.1-8b-instant - Faster, good for quick responses
• mixtral-8x7b-32768 - Good alternative with large context

All Available Models:

• llama-3.1-405b-reasoning - Most powerful (if available)
• llama-3.1-70b-versatile - High quality, good balance
• llama-3.1-8b-instant - Fast responses
• llama3-groq-70b-8192-tool-use-preview - With tool support
• llama3-groq-8b-8192-tool-use-preview - Faster with tools
• mixtral-8x7b-32768 - Mixtral model
• gemma2-9b-it - Google's Gemma
• gemma-7b-it - Smaller Gemma

For Hugging Face Spaces Deployment:

Your app should now work properly with the updated model. The interview functionality will work normally without the API error.

Testing:

Run your app and try creating an interview - the question generation should now work without the decommissioned model error.