So the president of a university, which is supposed to be a bastion of freedom of expression, was almost fired for liking factually correct tweets!? That is seriously messed up. The board of trustees should hang their heads in shame and apologize!
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What AI Models Should We Train Next After Cerebras-GPT
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Cerebras-GPT is just the start. What models should we train next?
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Cerebras-GPT leads truly open source LLM adoption
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Great piece by @sallywf profiling the state of open source LLMs. Many claim to be open but come with caveats. Cerebras-GPT is one of few LLMs that's truly open for all uses. Little wonder it's getting 250k monthly downloads on @huggingface
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Fed Relies on Stale Data for Economic Decision Making
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The Fed is making decisions using stale data. This is like driving a car while looking out the rear window – fine when the road is straight, but destined to crash when road is winding.
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LLMs in Production: SF Meetup on Customization and Deployment
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#LLMs are fun, but how do you get them into production? Join our #ML meetup in #SF next week to find out. We'll discuss how to customize, privately host LLMs at scale with lightning talks from @ludwig_ai
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Fiverr’s AI Services Threaten Core Freelancer Business Model
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Fiverr just added AI services effectively cannibalising its core business. This is a threat to their freelancers, and surprising that they’re doing it so openly.
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SSL Models Privacy Risks from Unintended Image Memorization
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Do SSL models have Déjà Vu? Meta AI researchers uncovered previously unknown privacy risks resulting from unintended memorization of image-specific information in SSL models + suggest practical mitigation strategies for new models. Paper https://
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Arista Stock Drops as Estimates Continue Rising Paradoxically
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Moreover, estimates and targets for Arista continue to go higher even as the stock drops — classic inverse estimate behavior. https://
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AI Pioneer Leaves Google Warning of Future Dangers
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‘The Godfather of #AI’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead https://
nytimes.com/2023/05/01/tec
hnology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html
… @nytimes #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning @ahier @gvalan @avrohomg @anijov @CatherineAdenle @Shi4Tech @Damien_CABADI @enilev @FmFrancois @data_nerd @JAdP @tunguz -
Breaking Down Job Opening Trends in Tech Analysis
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Decided to break this piece out as a small part of a larger analysis I'm working on re: job openings, so more to come on all this later.