Author's Keynote on 'The Last Six Months in LLMs' at AI Engineer World’s Fair
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Summary
The article discusses the author's keynote presentation at the AI Engineer World’s Fair in San Francisco on the topic 'The last six months in LLMs'. The presentation was originally planned for the last year but was condensed due to significant events. The author has spoken at the event three times previously.
Key quotes
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You can watch the talk on the AI Engineer YouTube channel.
Below is a full annotated transcript of the talk and accompanying slides, plus additional links to related articles and resources.
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