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# Model Card: Agora-4B
## Model Summary
Agora-4B is a 4-billion parameter, BF16-precision transformer language model, designed for ethical, inclusive, and adaptive dialogue in multi-user domestic environments. Inspired by the research paper ["Plural Voices, Single Agent: Towards Inclusive AI in Multi-User Domestic Spaces"](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.19008), Agora-4B incorporates principles of fairness, value alignment, and accessibility to better serve diverse household users—including children, elderly, and Neurodivergent individuals.
**Repository:** [JoydeepC/Agora-4B](https://huggingface.co/JoydeepC/Agora-4B)
**Paper:** [Plural Voices, Single Agent](https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.19008)
**Model size:** 4B parameters
**Tensor type:** BF16
**Files:** Safetensors format (2 shards, ~8.07 GB), tokenizer files, configs, chat templates, etc.
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## Intended Use
Agora-4B is intended for use as a core assistant agent in domestic AI deployments, especially in settings with multiple users and overlapping accessibility needs. Typical scenarios include:
Domestic voice assistants which must mediate between adult, child, and elderly users
Applications where context-sensitive safety, fairness, or ethical intervention is required
Research or development in inclusive, privacy-first AI for multi-agent, multi-user environments
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## Model Architecture & Training
**Architecture:** 4B-parameter transformer, trained with curriculum blending human and synthetic dialogue
**Objective:** Optimized for fairness, multi-value alignment, ethical compliance, and accessibility-aware conversation
**Training Data:** Curated public datasets covering mental health, eldercare, education, and moral reasoning. Enhanced with fairness-aware, multi-user scenarios and privacy-centric synthetic examples.
**Ethical Safeguards:** Includes adaptive safety scaffolds (e.g., age-specific explanations, guidance for Neurodivergent users), autonomy sliders, and safe conflict resolution.
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## Key Features
**Real-Time Value Alignment:** Dynamically identifies and negotiates conflicting user needs, values, and accessibility requirements
**Inclusive Design:** Special handling for overlooked populations (children, elderly, Neurodivergent), including step-by-step instructions, accessible language, and equitable interaction
**Privacy-Focused:** Avoids unnecessary data retention or sharing
**Adaptivity:** Safety, autonomy, and guidance dynamically adjusted per user/context
**Design Innovations:** Video guidance, autonomy sliders, family hubs, adaptive dashboards
**Performance:** Outperforms baselines in compliance, fairness, and safety (see paper for details)
- Compliance: 76% (vs 70% baseline)
- Fairness: 90% (vs 85% baseline)
- Safety violations: 0% (vs 7% baseline)
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## Citation
If you use this model, please cite:
```bibtex
@misc{chandra2025pluralvoicessingleagent,
title={Plural Voices, Single Agent: Towards Inclusive AI in Multi-User Domestic Spaces},
author={Joydeep Chandra and Satyam Kumar Navneet},
year={2025},
eprint={2510.19008},
archivePrefix={arXiv},
primaryClass={cs.HC},
url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19008},
}
```
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## Further Reading
[arXiv:2510.19008](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19008)
[Project repository (HuggingFace)](https://huggingface.co/JoydeepC/Agora-4B)
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This model and codebase are open sourced for reproducibility and collaborative research on inclusive, agentic AI.