Ai2 Dives Into Training and Evaluating Truly Open LLMs
allen_ai · x · 2026-08-06
AI2 (Allen Institute for AI) hosted a session during Seattle Tech Week, drawing over 140 attendees to discuss how AI is built.
Research lead Waleed Ammar (@ibeltagy) detailed the end-to-end process of training a truly open large language model, covering everything from large-scale training runs to pre-release evaluations.
Related event: Ai2 Shares Open-Source LLM Pipeline and Announces Hiring(2 posts)→
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