{"id":1052788,"date":"2022-09-12T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1052788"},"modified":"2022-09-12T10:00:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:00:51","slug":"meta-is-spinning-off-the-pytorch-framework-into-its-own-ai-research-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1052788","title":{"rendered":"Meta is spinning off the Pytorch framework into its own AI research foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2016, Meta (then but a simple country Facebook) launched its open-source AI research library<\/a>, the Pytorch framework<\/a>. Six years and 150,000 projects from 2,400 contributors later, Meta announced on Monday that the Pytorch project will soon spin out from the company\u2019s direct control to become its own entity, the Pytorch Foundation, a subsidiary within the larger Linux Foundation nonprofit hegemony.<\/p>\n

Over the last half decade, Pytorch has grown to become a leading standard for the AI research community with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg noting in Monday\u2019s press release that some 80 percent of \u201cresearchers who submit their work at major ML conferences, such as NeurIPS or ICML, harness the framework.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have built libraries that support some of the principal domains of the AI field, such as torchvision, which powers most of the world\u2019s modern computer vision research,\u201d Zuckerberg continued. \u201cThe framework will continue to be a part of Meta\u2019s AI research and engineering work.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Pytorch isn\u2019t just Meta\u2019s baby, it serves as a technological underpinning to much of Amazon\u2019s Web Services work as well as Microsoft Azure and OpenAI. As such, the Pytorch Foundation, \u201cwill boast a wide-ranging governing board composed of representatives from AMD, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Meta, Microsoft Azure, and Nvidia, with the intention to expand further over time.\u201d And to ensure that the fledgling foundation does not lose sight of the values that it embodies, the new organization will adhere to four principles of \u201cremaining open, maintaining neutral branding, staying fair, and forging a strong technical identity.\u201d Apparently \u201cdon\u2019t be evil\u201d was already taken.<\/p>\n

Despite being freed of direct oversight, Meta intends to continue employing Pytorch as its primary AI research platform and financially support it accordingly. Zuckerberg did note however, that the company plans to maintain \u201ca clear separation between the business and technical governance\u201d of the foundation.<\/p>\n


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\nSource: Engadget – Meta is spinning off the Pytorch framework into its own AI research foundation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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