John Bohannon

In this engaging discussion, John Bohannon, Director of Science at Primer AI, chats with Douwe Kiela, the Head of Research at Hugging Face. They dive into the recent evolution of NLP, emphasizing the significance of multimodal understanding and the BLOOM model. Douwe shares insights on how his philosophical background influences AI projects and the ongoing shift from traditional language models to innovative, comprehensive approaches. Their conversation reflects on the collaborative culture at Hugging Face and speculates on the exciting future of AI technology.

Today’s guest is John Bohannon, Senior Director of Data Science and Director of Science at Primer.ai. Primer is a security AI platform serving Fortune 500 companies and multiple defense agencies in the US federal government. Together with Emerj CEO and Head of Research, Daniel Faggella, John pulls apart what makes the Ukraine war truly unique in the scope of both history and technology – and how AI is playing an integral role in the conflict for both sides. This episode is sponsored by Primer. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.

Join John Bohannon, Director of Science at Primer AI, as he dives into the evolving landscape of NLP. He shares key insights on how NLP has shifted from rapid innovation to a more incremental phase and is now ‘eating’ the rest of machine learning. The discussion also covers groundbreaking advancements like multilingual models, the integration of NLP with computer vision, and the ethical implications of large language models. Explore challenges in benchmarking and innovative future applications in context management and gaming.