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Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst on building LLM apps for business

Jun 16, 2024
Nick Frosst, Co-founder of Cohere, previously at Google Brain alongside AI pioneer Geoff Hinton, shares insights on AI's future in business. He discusses Cohere's Command R models, which enhance language capabilities using retrieval augmented generation (RAG). Nick critiques the chase for AGI, emphasizing specialization in LLMs over generalization. He also touches on ethical data use in AI, the evolving role of software engineers in machine learning, and even gives a nod to his indie band, Good Kid, showcasing the intersection of creativity and technology.
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  • Cohere prioritizes practical business solutions over AGI ambitions.
  • Cohere's Command R models enhance language models with retrieved external knowledge for improved performance.

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Cohere's Focus on Real-World Solutions

Cohere distances itself from AGI ambitions, prioritizing practical technology applications to solve real-world problems. The release of Command R models by Cohere, particularly beneficial for retrieval augmented generation, aims to enhance language models with external knowledge retrieved from databases. This approach helps in knowledge-intensive tasks where external information augments the model's performance.

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