Stability AI Has More Compute Available Than Microsoft or Google
Emad Mostaque · No Priors Ep. 3 | With Stability AI’s Emad Mostaque · May 3, 2023 · at 9:33
Emad Mostaque, founder of Stability AI, claims access to national supercomputers gives his firm more compute capacity than Big Tech competitors.
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“The reality is we have more compute available to us than Microsoft or Google.”
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