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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In the current AI landscape\, foundational models rem
 ain effectively closed-source\, with innovation tightly controlled by a fe
 w well-funded corporations and dependent on their continued release of bas
 e model weight sets. Protocol Learning represents a bold new direction\, e
 nabling truly open-source AI through decentralized\, low-bandwidth\, multi
 -party model-parallel training. In this talk\, Alexander Long\, founder of
  Pluralis Research\, will discuss the core research behind Protocol Learni
 ng\, how it allows—for the first time—truly community-created and owne
 d models\, and the significant economic and geopolitical implications this
  has on the foundational model layer. He will also share insights from his
  journey founding Pluralis\, raising over AUD 11M from prominent US invest
 ors in the first funding round\, assembling a tier-1 research group domest
 ically in Australia\, and offering his perspective on the current state of
  venture capital in Australia\, and how to navigate this as a founder\, as
  well as Australia's strategic position within the global AI ecosystem.\n\
 nSpeaker(s): Alexander Long\, \n\nRoom: 348\, Bldg: 63\, Unviersity of Que
 ensland\, St Lucia Campus\, Brisbane\, Queensland\, Australia\, 4702\, Vir
 tual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/480291
LOCATION:Room: 348\, Bldg: 63\, Unviersity of Queensland\, St Lucia Campus\
 , Brisbane\, Queensland\, Australia\, 4702\, Virtual: https://events.vtool
 s.ieee.org/m/480291
ORGANIZER:marcusg@uq.edu.au
SEQUENCE:45
SUMMARY:Protocol Learning: Towards True Open-Source AI
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/480291
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Abstract: In the current AI landscape\, fo
 undational models remain effectively closed-source\, with innovation tight
 ly controlled by a few well-funded corporations and dependent on their con
 tinued release of base model weight sets. Protocol Learning represents a b
 old new direction\, enabling truly open-source AI through decentralized\, 
 low-bandwidth\, multi-party model-parallel training. In this talk\, Alexan
 der Long\, founder of Pluralis Research\, will discuss the core research b
 ehind Protocol Learning\, how it allows&mdash\;for the first time&mdash\;t
 ruly community-created and owned models\, and the significant economic and
  geopolitical implications this has on the foundational model layer. He wi
 ll also share insights from his journey founding Pluralis\, raising over A
 UD 11M from prominent US investors in the first funding round\, assembling
  a tier-1 research group domestically in Australia\, and offering his pers
 pective on the current state of venture capital in Australia\, and how to 
 navigate this as a founder\, as well as Australia's strategic position wit
 hin the global AI ecosystem.</p>
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