# ATLAS: Practical scaling laws for multilingual models

DevFeed: [ATLAS: Practical scaling laws for multilingual models](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/atlas-practical-scaling-laws-for-multilingual-models-6750.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.google/blog/atlas-practical-scaling-laws-for-multilingual-models/>)

Published: 2026-01-27T18:58:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The latest research from Google](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-latest-research-from-google.md>)

Topics: [scaling laws](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scaling-laws.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>), [Training AI Models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/training-ai-models.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

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## AI overview

ATLAS introduces adaptive scaling laws for training multilingual language models. Based on 774 runs across 400+ languages and evaluations in 48 languages, it helps practitioners choose model size, data volume, and language mixtures while optimizing performance for a target language.

## Source excerpt

Generative AI