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Ben Lorica

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Helping organize @AIconference #raysummit #NLPsummit #DataAISummit ; Past: Co-Chair of @strataconf @OReillyAI @TensorFlowWorld & #SparkAISummit

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  • The Practical Realities of AI Development

    1 week ago | thedataexchange.media | Ben Lorica

    Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS. Lin Qiao, CEO of Fireworks AI, dives into the practical challenges AI developers face, from UX/DX hurdles to complex systems engineering. Discover key trends like the convergence of open-source and proprietary models, the rise of agentic workflows, and strategies for optimizing quality, speed, and cost.

  • Beyond the Demo: Building AI Systems That Actually Work

    2 weeks ago | thedataexchange.media | Ben Lorica

    Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS. Hamel Husain is the founder of Parlance Labs. He discusses how successful AI implementation requires fundamental data science skills often overlooked in current educational resources that focus too heavily on tools and frameworks.

  • The Multimodal Moment: Turning Holistic Perception into Business Value

    2 weeks ago | gradientflow.com | Ben Lorica

    AI models are demonstrating rapidly growing proficiency in understanding and generating content across diverse modalities like text, images, audio, and video. This capability is maturing in large foundation models, such as Google Gemini, which can now efficiently handle complex, long multimedia inputs. Chinese firms are also advancing quickly: ByteDance’s UI-TARS and OmniHuman, together with Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5-VL, are setting new benchmarks in multimodal comprehension and generation.

  • Qwen 3: What You Need to Know

    2 weeks ago | gradientflow.com | Ben Lorica

    Model Architecture and CapabilitiesWhat is Qwen 3 and what models are available in the lineup? Qwen 3 is Alibaba Group’s latest generation of large language models, featuring both dense and Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architectures.

  • Vibe Coding and the Rise of AI Agents: The Future of Software Development is Here

    3 weeks ago | thedataexchange.media | Ben Lorica

    Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS. Steve Yegge is an evangelist at Sourcegraph, a startups that is industrializing software development with AI agents. This episode explores the paradigm shift in software development with the rise of “vibe coding” and AI agents, moving beyond traditional code completion.

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20 Apr 25

Join us in NYC on May 6-7, for the AI Agent Conference—use the discount code GRADIENTFLOW25 and grab one of the few remaining tickets! 🎈 See you in NYC in a few weeks ✅ 🔜 https://t.co/AzApuJm5oF https://t.co/y3ubYXNU4q

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Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡 @bigdata
19 Apr 25

Beyond Chatbots 🙌 The Real Autonomous Agents Transforming Enterprise Operations 👉 https://t.co/Z0L1w9UcN2

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Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡 @bigdata
19 Apr 25

Deep dive into the Stanford AI Index 2025: Key Insights You Can't Afford to Miss https://t.co/hMFkMz0Ix0