John Langford Quits Microsoft After 14 Years, Says AI Research That Could Cut Costs Was Ignored
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John Langford Quits Microsoft After 14 Years, Says AI Research That Could Cut Costs Was Ignored
John Langford quits Microsoft after 14 years, alleging Mustafa Suleyman-led Microsoft AI prioritises bigger models over research that could reduce AI costs. Veteran Microsoft AI researcher John Langford has quit after reportedly clashing with the company's approach to AI development.
John Langford, a veteran of Microsoft Research and co-founder of AI Frontiers, left after stating that Microsoft AI prioritizes expanding its models and did not seriously consider its research. His work on an architecture that could improve efficiency found a larger-scale test in ByteDance, although reducing costs by half remains a projection, not a proven result.
"No path to real use": a veteran Microsoft AI scientist quits, says research that could halve AI costs wasn't even seriously considered
Langford spent over 14 years at Microsoft Research before his roughly 50-person AI Frontiers group was folded into Mustafa Suleyman's Microsoft AI in September. ByteDance has since tested a version of his Full Bandwidth Transformer at a larger scale, and there won't be AI Frontiers internships next year.
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