@abidlabs: This is our 3rd Gradio global hackathon, and the one I've been most excited about -- focused entirely on local, "small"…
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Gradio's third global hackathon, 'Build Small,' is focused entirely on local AI models under 32 billion parameters, with prizes from OpenAI, NVIDIA, OpenBMB, and Cohere worth over $40k cash plus hardware and credits.
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This is our 3rd Gradio global hackathon, and the one I’ve been most excited about – focused entirely on local, “small” models less than 32 billion parameters.
Gradio (@Gradio): A hackathon called “Build Small”
max 32B params. the model fits on a laptop. somehow that pitch got us OpenAI, NVIDIA, OpenBMB and Cohere putting up the prizes 👀
$40k+ cash + 2 RTX 5080s + $100k codex credits for the first participants. Reg’s open ↓
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