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-# mlx-examples
+# MLX Examples
 
-Examples using the MLX framework.
+This repo contains a variety of standalone examples using the [MLX
+framework](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx).
+
+The [MNIST](mnist) example is a good starting point to learn how to use MLX.
+
+Some more useful examples include:
+
+- [Transformer language model](transformer_lm) training.
+- Large scale text generation with [LLaMA](llama) or [Mistral](mistral)
+- Parameter efficient fine-tuning with [LoRA](lora).
+- Generating images with [Stable Diffusion](stable_diffusion).
+- Speech recognition with [OpenAI's Whisper](whisper).
 
 ## Contributing