Cohere survey of scaling laws: 45 of 50+ papers use power laws, most under-report details

Cohere · youtube · 2026-09-19

A Cohere Labs talk by Sneha Kudugunta surveys scaling laws research: fitting details (equation, training setup, optimizer) can flip conclusions like the optimal token-to-parameter ratio. Of 50+ surveyed papers, 45 quantify trends with power laws, but most under-report details needed for reproduction. The team proposes an authoring checklist for scaling law research.

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