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What is a Model?

A Model is a simplified mathematical or computational representation of a real-world system, process, or relationship that is used to make predictions or understand patterns. In AI and machine learning, it's specifically an algorithm that has been trained on data to perform tasks like classification, prediction, or generation.

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Are Open-Source AI Models Worth The Risk?
Tech Brew
Oct 31
media mention

Rishi Bommasani, Society Lead at HAI's CRFM, discusses where AI is proving most dangerous, why openness is important, and how regulators are thinking about the open-close divide. 

Are Open-Source AI Models Worth The Risk?

Tech Brew
Oct 31

Rishi Bommasani, Society Lead at HAI's CRFM, discusses where AI is proving most dangerous, why openness is important, and how regulators are thinking about the open-close divide. 

Foundation Models
media mention
Assessing Political Bias in Language Models
Andrew Myers
May 22
news

Researchers develop a new tool to measure how well popular large language models align with public opinion to evaluate bias in chatbots.

Assessing Political Bias in Language Models

Andrew Myers
May 22

Researchers develop a new tool to measure how well popular large language models align with public opinion to evaluate bias in chatbots.

Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
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Language Models in the Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Teaching
Instructors and students of CS293
Apr 09
news

Instructors and students from Stanford class CS293/EDUC473 address the failures of current educational technologies and outline how to empower both teachers and learners through collaborative innovation.

Language Models in the Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Teaching

Instructors and students of CS293
Apr 09

Instructors and students from Stanford class CS293/EDUC473 address the failures of current educational technologies and outline how to empower both teachers and learners through collaborative innovation.

Education, Skills
Generative AI
Natural Language Processing
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Can Foundation Models Be Safe When Adversaries Can Customize Them?
Peter Henderson
Nov 02
news

Researchers show that ChatGPT can be jailbroken with only 20 cents, but they are working on making this more difficult with “self-destructing models.”

Can Foundation Models Be Safe When Adversaries Can Customize Them?

Peter Henderson
Nov 02

Researchers show that ChatGPT can be jailbroken with only 20 cents, but they are working on making this more difficult with “self-destructing models.”

Machine Learning
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Introducing The Foundation Model Transparency Index
Katharine Miller
Oct 18
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A new index rates the transparency of 10 foundation model companies and finds them lacking.

Introducing The Foundation Model Transparency Index

Katharine Miller
Oct 18

A new index rates the transparency of 10 foundation model companies and finds them lacking.

Machine Learning
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Large Language Models Just Want To Be Liked
Jan 13
news

When LLMs take surveys on personality traits, they, like people, exhibit a desire to appear likable. 

Large Language Models Just Want To Be Liked

Jan 13

When LLMs take surveys on personality traits, they, like people, exhibit a desire to appear likable. 

Natural Language Processing
Foundation Models
Generative AI
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New Large Language Model Helps Patients Understand Their Radiology Reports
Vignesh Ramachandran
Jun 23
news

‘RadGPT’ cuts through medical jargon to answer common patient questions.

New Large Language Model Helps Patients Understand Their Radiology Reports

Vignesh Ramachandran
Jun 23

‘RadGPT’ cuts through medical jargon to answer common patient questions.

Healthcare
Natural Language Processing
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