This is so true. LLM researchers seem to like to "specialize" in either pretraining or post training. Doing intense research on both sides does unlock something.
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Gemini Reaches Lavender Town: Major AI Milestone Achieved
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Gemini has reached Lavender town! Let's go!!!
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AI Plays Competitive Pokemon Showdown Games
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Mega cool. Finally! Playing competitive Pokemon showdown with AI! 😆 https://t.co/513xkzlDiX
— Yi Tay (@YiTayML) 9 avril 2025Mega cool. Finally! Playing competitive Pokemon showdown with AI!
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Model Represents Humanity’s Closest Approach to AGI
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This model is the closest humanity has ever been to AGI.
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Google Dominates AI Market with Gemini 2.5 Pro
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Google is winning by so much. We have always been the best in AI. 🔥
— Yi Tay (@YiTayML) 25 mars 2025
Gemini 2.5 pro is the best model in the world 👇 https://t.co/KVf4juP6y5Google is winning by so much. We have always been the best in AI. Gemini 2.5 pro is the best model in the world
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Google Patent Process Takes Years to Complete
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The patent process is hilariously slow . Just found out that my first patent with Google was just approved. The process was so slow that in this time frame I wrote the paper for it, got it accepted, moved countries, got married, left google, had a kid, did a startup, left the
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BBH Benchmark Evolution: BBEH Challenges Emerge as Tasks Simplify
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BBH (big bench hard led by @_jasonwei in the past) was super influential partly because there were a zillion big bench tasks and no one knew what to do with it back then. It's been 2 years and it might be too easy now. Check out BBEH (extra hard!! ) by Mehran (
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AI Models Battle Pokemon Games: LMSYS Innovation
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This is so cool on so many different levels. Seeing two of my favorite things (AI and Pokemon) come together like this is just so nice.
— Yi Tay (@YiTayML) 26 février 2025
Maybe the new LMSYS would be two models completing the game and battling it out on 6×6 Pokemon. 😆
Still waiting for the day AI figures out… https://t.co/aRzVq8bWwIThis is so cool on so many different levels. Seeing two of my favorite things (AI and Pokemon) come together like this is just so nice. Maybe the new LMSYS would be two models completing the game and battling it out on 6×6 Pokemon. Still waiting for the day AI figures out
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AI Agents Master Real-World Tasks Playing Pokemon
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shifted focus towards real world tasks the task: playing pokemon
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Coding Skills Essential for Tech Career Advancement
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+1, fwiw worse career advice i've gotten is "you should stop coding it makes you look junior". Obviously I did not take that horrible advice.