Originally published by Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau, Sept 19, 2023. Since AlexNet showed the world the power of deep learning, the field of AI has rapidly switched to almost exclusively focus on deep learning. Some of the main justifications are that 1) neural networks are Universal Function Approximation (UFA, not UFO 🛸), 2) deep learning generally works the best, and
Originally published in MIT Technology Review, Dec 14, 2023. Google DeepMind has used a large language model to crack a famous unsolved problem in pure mathematics. In a paper published in Nature today, the researchers say it is...
Originally published in Greylock, Dec 6, 2023. The rise of Vertical SaaS in the past decade has demonstrated the power of industry-specific software, producing dozens of winners like Toast, Shopify, Procore, and ServiceTitan. Yet there are still...
Originally published in Understanding AI, Dec 7, 2023. On November 22, a few days after OpenAI fired (and then re-hired) CEO Sam Altman, The Information reported that OpenAI had made a technical breakthrough that would allow it to “develop...
Originally published in East Wind, Oct 25, 2023. I’m probably not the first person to write about the insane leverage that LLMs confer to engineers, but Stack Overflow’s 28% layoff really got me thinking about the future of human-generated data,...
Originally published in The Verge, Oct 18, 2023. No prominent developer of AI foundation models — a list including companies like OpenAI and Meta — is releasing sufficient information about their potential impact on society, determines a new...
Originally published in a16z.com, Oct 12, 2023. What do enterprise buyers in healthcare care about most when evaluating AI products? To answer that question, we interviewed leaders from many of the largest healthcare providers and insurers across...
Originally published in The GitHub Blog, Sept 6, 2023. It took us three years to develop GitHub Copilot before we officially launched it to the general public. To go from idea to production, we followed three stages—find...
Originally published in The Verge, Sept 25, 2023. What if podcasters could flip a switch and instantly speak another language? That’s the premise behind Spotify’s new AI-powered voice translation feature, which reproduces podcasts in other languages using...
