Nathan Lambert

interconnects.ai · Leading Thinkers · 6 items

How open model ecosystems compound

Note: Voice-overs for paywalled posts are available for paid subscribes in podcast apps if you click on settings on Interconnects, then manage your description. Thanks for listening! Most of the compute to build a…

Notes from inside China's AI labs

Staring out the window on a new, high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai I’m gifted with views of dramatic ridgelines speckled with wind turbines that are silhouetted against the setting sun. The mountains cast…

The distillation panic

‘Distillation attacks’ is a horrible term for what is happening right now. Yes, some Chinese labs are hacking or jailbreaking APIs to attempt to extract more signal from model APIs — stopping this is…