# Foundation Model Projects at AI Tinkerers

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Large-scale deep learning models, pre-trained on massive, broad data (e.g., Common Crawl), which are then adapted for a wide range of downstream tasks like natural language processing or image generation.

A Foundation Model (FM) is a large-scale deep learning architecture, typically a transformer, trained on vast, general, self-supervised data; this pre-training establishes a powerful, generalized knowledge base. The term, coined by the Stanford HAI in 2021, signifies a paradigm shift: instead of training siloed models, organizations leverage a single FM like OpenAI’s GPT-4, Meta's Llama 2, or Stability AI's Stable Diffusion as a starting point. This base model is then fine-tuned or prompted to perform diverse, specific tasks—from code generation to image classification—significantly reducing the cost and time required for new AI application development.

- Official technology site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_model
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 3
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [NuExtract - a foundation model for Structured Extraction](https://paris.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_-BOqa4DWNMs)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers - Paris Inaugural Meetup featuring Mistral AI — 2024-09-03 — Paris
- Public talk page: https://paris.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_-BOqa4DWNMs

### [Neuralace](https://sf.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_9u8kXKwzjHM)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers - San Francisco - April 2024 Meetup — 2024-04-30 — San Francisco
- Public talk page: https://sf.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_9u8kXKwzjHM

### [Zoobot: a Foundation Model for Galaxies](https://toronto.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_eX-ZjRbJY7U)

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Toronto - Inaugural Meetup — 2024-04-11 — Toronto
- Public talk page: https://toronto.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_eX-ZjRbJY7U

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