This blog continues our series called “AI Essentials,” which aims to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding AI-related topics. It discusses copyright infringement and fair use when it comes to the inputs used in AI training and why these legal questions are critical for the AI ecosystem and startup innovation.
The pro-startup policy agenda to power AI innovation
Opportunity Zones are expiring and startups need Congress to act
AI Essentials: The role of data and where it comes from
U.S. startups need trade agency to address digital barriers in upcoming annual report
AI Essentials: What are transformers?
AI Essentials: What is compute and how is it measured?
If you wanted to haul large amounts of water from a well, you would (at one point in history) need a resource, like a horse, to pull the load. You would measure how much weight the horse can pull per minute in terms of “horsepower.” In the world of AI, the resource required to make models work is compute, and it’s measured in FLOPS.