Ha started in October; he came from Google, where he worked on generative AI within Google Brain. here's a tweet from @EMostaque announcing his arrival (looks like a tweet @hardmaru posted around then has since been deleted).
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Stability AI’s Head of Research and COO Resign This Month
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Why Apple Must Prioritize Siri Development Now
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'I don’t understand why Siri isn’t Priority No. 1 at Apple Park right now.'
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EU Officials Google AI Talks Details Discussion
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Can anyone provide more detail about these AI talks between EU officials and Google? It’d be great to get more granularity about what they discussed. If you can talk on or off record and/or have suggestions others I should connect with, feel free to message me via Signal, etc.
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Databricks Acquires MosaicML for $1.3B in AI Database Battle
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Databricks’s $1.3 billion buy of MosaicML is a battle for the future of the database At the heart of MosaicML’s approach is the “lottery ticket hypothesis of Jonathan Frankle and Michael Carbin of MIT. @MosaicML @databricks @OpenAI $ORCL $MDB $BASE $MSFT #investing #AI
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RHEL Clones Lack Enterprise Value Beyond Free Distribution
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Hard to see any value they invested into the source. Their value was "RHEL for free!" but the value of RHEL was always the investment and enterprise support, neither of which the clones could deliver.
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Hugging Face Statement on AI Innovation to Congress
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The full statement is below courtesy of @IreneSolaiman with the help of many @huggingface experts: Introduction
Chairman Lucas, Ranking Member Lofgren, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss AI innovation with you in a critical time for AI and -
Databricks acquires MosaicML in 1.3 billion generative AI deal
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Monster outcome @NaveenGRao https://
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ricks-strikes-1-3-billion-deal-for-generative-ai-startup-mosaicml-fdcefc06
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Gemini: DeepMind Combines Language Models with Reinforcement Learning
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The next @deepmind algorithm, Gemini, may combine a powerful language model with cutting-edge reinforcement learning, perhaps helping with planning and memory. That's one thing I learned from a very interesting chat with @demishassabis recently.
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AI Stock Boom: Tech Giants and NVIDIA Surge in 2023
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The AI stock price boom is insane… Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft are up 50% since Jan. NVIDIA’s stock price has tripled!!!