I'm going to make a series of bets on the little guy. To start, we are going to be granting out compute, up to $100k per project, to support new experiments on GCP. If you have an idea for an open source model that you want to explore, I'd like to hear from you.
a16z
 @a16z
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China has overtaken the US in cumulative open-source AI model downloads:

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Pretty simple form. Not a full time or drop out of school thing. Just baby steps. Get as much done as you can in 60 days, and hopefully get a result that allows you to continue working on it. If not, no big deal. forms.gle/7VeLBarVotCsDf8N6
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Several people agreed to help you with technical questions and advice over Slack. Expect to hear back no later than December 1.
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Finally, this would not be possible without @googlecloud's blessing, and I'm grateful to them for that.
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