Nando de Freitas: flow matching, LLM and GAN principles predate the industry boom
NandoDF · x · 2026-10-08
Follow-up to his earlier post: Nando de Freitas notes that before flow matching, LLMs and GANs existed, their underlying principles were already being researched, incubated, or taught — underscoring academia's role in laying AI's foundations before industry arrived.
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