ACQ2 by Acquired Building the Open Source AI Revolution (with Hugging Face CEO, Clem Delangue)
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Oct 14, 2024 Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, shares his insights as a leader in AI model hosting. He argues against a few dominant foundation model companies, envisioning a future filled with specialized AI models from myriad developers. The conversation dives into the balance of open-source versus proprietary systems, discussing how Hugging Face facilitates collaboration and innovation. Clem also highlights the need for a diverse ecosystem to enhance accessibility and safety in AI, reflecting on the evolving landscape and its impact on software entrepreneurship.
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Hugging Face's Unlikely Beginning
- Hugging Face started as a chatbot app for teenagers, funded by Betaworks and A Capital.
- It pivoted to its current platform after the success of open-sourcing a PyTorch version of Google's BERT model.
The BERT to PyTorch Pivot
- Hugging Face's pivot was driven by Thomas Wolf's weekend project of porting BERT to PyTorch.
- This gained unexpected popularity, demonstrating developer demand for PyTorch-based models.
Two Sides of AI
- The term "AI" conflates two distinct concepts: software 2.0 (leverage for builders) and human-like intelligence.
- Clem Delangue believes the former is simply an evolution of software, while the latter is overhyped.