LatamGPT builder to keynote Tapia 2026 on who builds the world's intelligence
OmarUFlorez · x · 2026-09-03
The author has been named a Ken Kennedy Distinguished Lecturer at the 2026 CMD-IT/Tapia conference (September, Atlanta), keynoting on "Beyond Translation: Lessons from Building Latin America's First Foundation Model."
Key points:
- Reflects on building the open-source LatamGPT foundation model, covering data, language, culture, compute, and benchmarks
- Central question: as AI becomes infrastructure, "who gets to build the intelligence the rest of the world needs?" will matter increasingly to the AI community
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