GLM-5.3: How Chinese labs keep stride with the frontier
Hint: It’s really not a distillation story.
What you need to know about the latest models and AI research trends, from @natolambert
Joined June 2023
- RLHF book is in print, so we threw it a party in Seattle. Being in a room full of people who actually care about open post-training was really cool. Thanks @radixark for making the night happen, @ManningBooks for the book, and everyone who came out!
- I wrote an AI textbook — how long until AI can do it better? Reflections on AI's writing ability and how AI models get more capable.
- Lessons from the hacks Musings on model alignment, what determines safety, and where we go from here.
- Quickly approaching the time when the interconnects bro's start appearing on research papers together too. Very good vibes over here.My evaluation lecture! I walk you through different evaluation eras I've been a part of, from prompting GPT-3 as elaborate autocomplete to today's complex agentic sandboxes (I expand on agentic more than any other topic, drawing on @xeophon's insights). This lecture is a birds


