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Large Language Models Get All the Hype, but Small Models Do the Real Work

There’s a paradox at the heart of modern AI: The kinds of sophisticated models that companies are using to get real work done and reduce head count aren’t the ones getting all the attention. Ever-more ...
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Large AI models learn by tuning billions of internal settings called parameters

Researchers at OpenAI trained a single language model on 175 billion learned numerical weights, each one adjusted during training to predict the next word in a sequence. That model, GPT-3, ...
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To Make Language Models Work Better, Researchers Sidestep Language

Language isn’t always necessary. While it certainly helps in getting across certain ideas, some neuroscientists have argued that many forms of human thought and reasoning don’t require the medium of ...
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Z.ai Open-Sources GLM-4.7, a New Generation Large Language Model Built for Real Development Workflows

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Z.ai released GLM-4.7 ahead of Christmas, marking the latest iteration of its GLM large language model family. As open-source models move beyond chat-based applications and ...
Quanta Magazine

Why Language Models Are So Hard To Understand

You don’t typically build a machine without understanding how it works. But for artificial intelligence researchers building large language models, understanding is about the one thing they haven’t ...