PyTorch Conference China kicks off in Shanghai with keynote on open frontier AI
PyTorch · x · 2026-09-08
PyTorch Conference China 2026 is underway in Shanghai, with Sparky Collier delivering the keynote "Building Frontier Intelligence in the Open."
Key points:
- PyTorch backs an open ecosystem where researchers, developers, model builders, and hardware companies build and optimize AI across a growing range of models and compute;
- From open models to new accelerator architectures, open development expands who can build AI;
- Openness helps breakthroughs move from experimentation to production and ties intelligence to the infrastructure that runs it.
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