Magic claims 10x more efficient LLM pretraining in new technical post
meetpateltech · hn · 2026-09-09
Magic published a blog post claiming a 10x improvement in pretraining efficiency. The post outlines the efficiency bottlenecks in current LLM pretraining and describes how its new approach cuts compute costs at large training scales. Worth reading for anyone tracking scaling and training economics.
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