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Hugging Face and Google partner for open AI collaboration

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Medial · 1y ago

Hugging Face and Google partner for open AI collaboration

Hugging Face has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to democratize machine learning and facilitate access to the latest open models and tools. The collaboration will focus on open science, open source, and Google Cloud services, allowing users to build their AI models using Hugging Face's open-source libraries and Google Cloud's hardware features. Additionally, Google Cloud customers will have enhanced experiences through easy deployment of Hugging Face models on the platform. The collaboration aims to make AI research more accessible and enable developers to build their own AI models effectively.

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Hugging Face CEO says he's focused on building a 'sustainable model' for the $4.5 billion open-source-AI startup

Business Insider

Business Insider · 1y ago

Hugging Face CEO says he's focused on building a 'sustainable model' for the $4.5 billion open-source-AI startup

Clément Delangue, the CEO of open-source AI company Hugging Face, aims to make AI accessible to every company and build a sustainable business model. Hugging Face's platform allows scientists, researchers, and engineers to build, train, and deploy AI models. With support from investors like Amazon and Nvidia, Hugging Face offers both free and paid versions of its product and has gained popularity amidst recent turmoil at competitor OpenAI. Delangue believes in the importance of openness, open science, and open-source AI to avoid concentration of AI power in a few companies.

Cloudflare makes it simple to deploy AI apps with Hugging Face, launches Workers AI to public

Venturebeat

Venturebeat · 1y ago

Cloudflare makes it simple to deploy AI apps with Hugging Face, launches Workers AI to public

Cloudflare has made its serverless GPU-powered inference, Workers AI, generally available for developers. It is now easier for developers to bring their AI applications from Hugging Face onto the Cloudflare platform. Cloudflare's integration with Hugging Face allows models to be deployed onto Workers AI with just one click, enabling instant distribution. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince highlighted the challenges of putting AI into production and praised the accessibility and affordability of Workers AI. The integration allows developers to choose open-source models through Hugging Face and deploy them through Cloudflare Workers AI. Cloudflare has also expanded GPU access to over 150 cities globally.

Hugging Face raises $235M from investors including Salesforce and Nvidia

TechCrunch · 1y ago

Hugging Face raises $235M from investors including Salesforce and Nvidia

AI startup Hugging Face has secured $235 million in a Series D funding round, backed by investors including Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, and Salesforce. This round values Hugging Face at $4.5 billion, double its valuation from May 2022. The company offers data science hosting and development tools, a GitHub-like hub for AI code, and web apps for AI-powered applications. It provides libraries for tasks like dataset processing and model evaluation. Hugging Face aims to empower the shift towards AI-driven software development and plans to expand its efforts in research, enterprise, and startups with this funding.

Nvidia teams up with Hugging Face to offer cloud-based AI training

TechCrunch · 1y ago

Nvidia teams up with Hugging Face to offer cloud-based AI training

Nvidia collaborates with AI startup Hugging Face to enhance AI compute accessibility. The partnership introduces "Training Cluster as a Service," integrating Nvidia's DGX Cloud with Hugging Face's AI models and datasets. Aimed at simplifying generative AI model creation, the platform combines advanced AI supercomputing and open-source capabilities, enabling enterprises to contribute to evolving AI technology. Hugging Face's growth aligns with Nvidia's cloud service expansion to meet rising demand for AI training infrastructure.

Hugging Face clones OpenAI’s Deep Research in 24 hours

Arstechnica

Arstechnica · 5m ago

Hugging Face clones OpenAI’s Deep Research in 24 hours

Hugging Face released "Open Deep Research," an open-source AI research agent, a day after OpenAI's "Deep Research" launch. The agent aims to replicate Deep Research's capabilities, like autonomous web browsing and report creation, while being freely available to developers. It achieved 55.15% on the GAIA benchmark against OpenAI's 67.36%. The project highlights the potential of integrating agent frameworks into AI models, enhancing their performance in complex tasks. Hugging Face plans further improvements and collaborations.

Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks

TechCrunch · 1y ago

Hugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasks

Hugging Face, an AI startup, has released a benchmark test called Open Medical-LLM in collaboration with Open Life Science AI and the University of Edinburgh. This test aims to evaluate the performance of generative AI models in healthcare-related tasks. The benchmark consists of multiple choice and open-ended questions that require medical reasoning and understanding. However, medical experts caution against relying solely on the benchmark, emphasizing the importance of real-world testing to assess the limitations and relevance of these models in actual clinical practice.

Exponential growth brews 1 million AI models on Hugging Face

Arstechnica

Arstechnica · 9m ago

Exponential growth brews 1 million AI models on Hugging Face

Hugging Face, an AI hosting platform, has reached a significant milestone by surpassing 1 million AI model listings. The platform, which initially started as a chatbot app before transitioning into an open-source hub in 2020, now offers a wide array of tools for developers and researchers. It hosts various AI models, including both high-profile ones and smaller specialized models. Hugging Face's growth mirrors the expanding field of machine learning, with models being created at an exponential rate each month. The platform facilitates collaboration and fine-tuning of existing models for specific tasks, catering to a range of applications in computer vision, natural language processing, audio, and more.

Intel and others commit to building open generative AI tools for the enterprise

TechCrunch · 1y ago

Intel and others commit to building open generative AI tools for the enterprise

The Linux Foundation has launched the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) project in collaboration with organizations such as Cloudera and Intel. OPEA aims to develop open, multi-provider, and modular generative AI systems. The project will focus on creating a composable framework that supports AI toolchains, compilers, and heterogeneous pipelines for retrieval-augmented generation. The evaluation of generative AI systems will also be a key aspect of OPEA's work, with a rubric in place to grade systems based on performance, features, trustworthiness, and enterprise readiness. OPEA members include Cloudera, Intel, IBM-owned Red Hat, Hugging Face, Domino Data Lab, MariaDB, and VMWare.

Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 1m ago

Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots | TechCrunch

Hugging Face has released two new open-source humanoid robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size robot with 66 degrees of movement, including walking and arm motion, priced around $3,000. Reachy Mini, a desktop unit for AI app testing, costs between $250 and $300. These affordable robots aim to democratize robotics, leveraging Hugging Face's acquisition of Pollen Robotics. The company plans to start shipping by year-end, with a waitlist currently open.

Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 7d ago

Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots | TechCrunch

Hugging Face is now accepting orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots, available in two versions: the wireless Reachy Mini for $449 and the connected Reachy Mini Lite for $299. These open-source robots allow developers to build and program applications using Python, integrating with Hugging Face's AI platform. Shipping starts next month for the Lite, with the wireless model following later. The initiative emphasizes user control and community feedback for future developments.

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