You can fine-tune GPT-4 on a custom dataset using Hugging Face’s Trainer API by configuring the dataset, model, tokenizer, and training arguments.
Here is the code snippet below:

In the above code we are using the following key points:
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GPT2Tokenizer and GPT2LMHeadModel to simulate a GPT-like setup (can be swapped for GPT-4 if available through Hugging Face or API).
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TextDataset to load plain text data and prepare it for causal language modeling.
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DataCollatorForLanguageModeling to handle dynamic padding and label shifting.
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TrainingArguments to control training hyperparameters like batch size and number of epochs.
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Trainer API to abstract away the training loop with all required components.
Hence, this setup enables a clean and modular approach to fine-tune large language models efficiently using Hugging Face's Trainer API.