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The State of Frontier Post-Training Recipes | Conversation with Finbarr Timbers

The State of Frontier Post-Training Recipes | Conversation with Finbarr Timbers

This discussion with Finbarr Timbers reviews the evolution of frontier post-training recipes, highlighting the shift from simpler SFT-DPO-RL to complex multi-teacher on-policy distillation (MOPD). It covers the organizational challenges of building models like Olmo, the rise of synthetic data and reasoning-focused RL in DeepSeek, and the complexities of integrating expert teachers, while also exploring open questions on environments, specialized APIs, and career strategies in the rapidly changing AI landscape.

AI Infrastructure, Ray, and Why Nonlinear Careers Win — with Linda Haviv

AI Infrastructure, Ray, and Why Nonlinear Careers Win — with Linda Haviv

Linda Haviv discusses the modern AI landscape, emphasizing that non-linear career paths and systems thinking are now more valuable than pure coding skills. She explores how open-source technology, like the Ray framework, is democratizing AI development and closing the gap with proprietary models, and why building a personal brand through content creation is essential for career growth and community building in a rapidly evolving industry.

Ask the Experts: Gen AI, Cybersecurity, & AI Agent Questions Answered

Ask the Experts: Gen AI, Cybersecurity, & AI Agent Questions Answered

Experts Martin Keen and Jeff Crume differentiate between Generative and Agentic AI, delve into the nature of AI hallucinations, and explore critical cybersecurity topics like the permanence of the dark web and the dangers of zero-click attacks.