ImportAI 449: LLMs training other LLMs; 72B distributed training run; computer vision is harder than generative text
The article discusses recent advancements in large language models (LLMs), including the training of one LLM by another and a significant 72 billion parameter distributed training run. It also highlights the challenges faced in computer vision compared to generative text models.
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