NeurIPS AI research conference tickets sold out in 11 minutes
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Frank Chen, partner at Andreessen Horowitz, cites rapid ticket sales for NeurIPS as evidence of unprecedented interest in AI research.
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“The biggest AI conference for researchers is called the Neuroinformation Processing Symposium. This year, it's sold out in a little over 11 minutes.”
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