Google A.I. researcher says he left to build a startup after encountering 'big company-itis'
Publishing timestamp: 2023-08-17 12:00:13
Summary
Llion Jones, co-author of Google's Transformers paper, has left the company along with other authors to start Sakana AI. Jones felt that Google's size and bureaucracy hindered his ability to pursue the work he wanted to do. Sakana AI aims to explore nature-inspired methods in generative AI research. Both Jones and his colleague David Ha have criticized OpenAI for lacking innovation and not sharing developments with the community. Sakana AI has brought on a part-time researcher and plans to hire more people in the future.
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