Show HN: Directionally bad – a newsletter about risks of AI centralization
The latest issue of the newsletter 'Directionally Bad' discusses the implications of Andrej Karpathy joining Anthropic, a centralized AI lab. While some believe he may influence Anthropic towards more openness, others remain skeptical about the future of open-source AI. Additionally, the newsletter covers rising GPU rental costs and a new technology from Pluralis that enables consumer-grade GPUs for model pretraining.
- ▪Andrej Karpathy has joined Anthropic, a centralized AI lab known for its limited access to models.
- ▪Some industry figures hope Karpathy will encourage more openness at Anthropic, while others are doubtful.
- ▪GPU rental prices are set to increase significantly, with costs rising by up to 72% starting June 1.
- ▪Pluralis has launched Agora, a technology that allows consumer-grade GPUs to compete with centralized clusters for model pretraining.
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Directionally bad. Issue #002Directionally badMay 23, 20261ShareWelcome back to the second issue of DeAI Nation’s new weekly newsletter, Directionally Bad. Here, we talk about the risks of AI centralization and what gives us hope. Please spread the word if you like our work.Thanks for reading DeAI Nation! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.SubscribeI. A→AWithout a doubt, the main event at the intersection of centralized and decentralized AI this week was Andrej Karpathy’s announcement that he’s joining Anthropic.Andrej Karpathy@karpathyPersonal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D.
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