Why ‘Distillation’ Has Become the Scariest Word for AI Companies DeepSeek’s success learning from bigger AI models raises questions about the billions being spent on the most advanced technology.

So you spend million$$$ on building your own #AI model – only to see it become a “springboard for cheaper rivals”.

Ouch.

#distillation #DeepSeek #OpenAI #NovaSky

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Added to that - On Friday, the #NovaSky research team at UC Berkeley released a new reasoning model, Sky-T1-32B-Preview, that performs comparably to OpenAI’s o1-preview – only it’s open source and was built in just 19 hours for under $450 using eight Nvidia H100 GPUs.

$450 and 19 hours is all it takes to rival OpenAI's o1-preview UC Berkeley released an open-source model that's on par with o1's math and coding abilities - for a fraction of the cost.

"... #NovaSky research team at UC Berkeley released a new reasoning model, Sky-T1-32B-Preview, that performs comparably to #OpenAI's o1-preview -- only it's open source and was built in just 19 hours for under $450 using eight #Nvidia H100 GPUs."
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$450 to train a reasoning #AI? Incredible work by the #NovaSky team at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! Sky-T1 is a big step toward truly “open” AI, and let’s face it, anything that ends with “sky” is instantly cooler. Can’t wait to see where this leads! #SkyT1 #OpenSourceAI

Researchers open source Sky-T1, a 'reasoning' AI model that can be trained for less than $450 | TechCrunch Researchers at UC Berkeley have open sourced Sky-T1, a 'reasoning' AI model that can be trained for less than $450.

Really interesting #LLM #AI model from the Berkeley #NovaSky team - the #SkyT1 reasoning model is fully #OpenSource, and includes the training data - it falls short in comparison to the o1 model from OpenAI but can be trained for $USD 450 - compared to $millions.

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Kimbal #Musk sits on the Board of Directors for #tesla❗
Kimberly Musk is the Director at #SpaceX❗
#novasky
#thoughtprovoking❗❗
#muskrat 🫶

Duke Energy to knock down coal plant and build its biggest battery yet Large grid batteries are finally coming to North Carolina, the nation’s fourth largest solar power producer.

a great idea for a province that is shutting down coal plants in the next few years.

#nspoli #novasky #halisky #energysky #energytwitter

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C’mon homie!!! No Villanova slander on the Skyline!! #NOVASKY