Albert Gu: More learning, less data
Machine Learning Research

Albert Gu: More learning, less data

Building a foundation model takes tremendous amounts of data. In the coming year, I hope we’ll enable models to learn more from less data.

January 1, 20253 min read
Joseph Gonzalez: General intelligence
Machine Learning Research

Joseph Gonzalez: General intelligence

In 2025, I expect progress in training foundation models to slow down as we hit scaling limits and inference costs continue to rise.

January 1, 20253 min read
Joseph Gonzalez: General intelligence
Machine Learning Research

Joseph Gonzalez: General intelligence

In 2025, I expect progress in training foundation models to slow down as we hit scaling limits and inference costs continue to rise.

January 1, 20253 min read
Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices
Machine Learning Research

Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices

For years, the best AI models got bigger and bigger. But in 2024, some popular large language models were small enough to run on a smartphone.

December 25, 20243 min read
Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices
Machine Learning Research

Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices

For years, the best AI models got bigger and bigger. But in 2024, some popular large language models were small enough to run on a smartphone.

December 25, 20243 min read
Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism
Machine Learning Research

Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism

Video generation exploded in an abundance of powerful models.

December 25, 20242 min read
Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism
Machine Learning Research

Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism

Video generation exploded in an abundance of powerful models.

December 25, 20242 min read
Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up
Machine Learning Research

Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up

Fierce competition among model makers and cloud providers drove down the price of access to state-of-the-art models.

December 25, 20243 min read
Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up
Machine Learning Research

Prices Tumble: AI price wars drive costs down as competition heats up

Fierce competition among model makers and cloud providers drove down the price of access to state-of-the-art models.

December 25, 20243 min read
Agents Ascendant: LLMs evolve with agentic workflows, enabling autonomous reasoning and collaboration
Machine Learning Research

Agents Ascendant: LLMs evolve with agentic workflows, enabling autonomous reasoning and collaboration

The AI community laid the foundation for systems that can act by prompting large language models iteratively, leading to much higher performance across a range of applications.

December 25, 20242 min read
Agents Ascendant: LLMs evolve with agentic workflows, enabling autonomous reasoning and collaboration
Machine Learning Research

Agents Ascendant: LLMs evolve with agentic workflows, enabling autonomous reasoning and collaboration

The AI community laid the foundation for systems that can act by prompting large language models iteratively, leading to much higher performance across a range of applications.

December 25, 20242 min read
When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals
Machine Learning Research

When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals

How do agents based on large language models compare to human experts when it comes to proposing machine learning research? Pretty well, according to one study.

December 18, 20243 min read
When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals
Machine Learning Research

When LLMs Propose Research Ideas: Stanford study finds AI matches human experts at writing research proposals

How do agents based on large language models compare to human experts when it comes to proposing machine learning research? Pretty well, according to one study.

December 18, 20243 min read
Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model
Machine Learning Research

Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model

Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first member of its updated Gemini family of large multimodal models, combines speed with performance that exceeds that of its earlier flagship model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, on several measures.

December 18, 20243 min read
Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model
Machine Learning Research

Multimodal Modeling on the Double: Google introduces Gemini 2.0 Flash, a faster, more capable AI model

Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first member of its updated Gemini family of large multimodal models, combines speed with performance that exceeds that of its earlier flagship model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, on several measures.

December 18, 20243 min read

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