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Jane StreetJane Street

Looking for a developer experience engineer

This role has been filled

6/15/2021
OpenAIOpenAI

Improving language model behavior by training on a curated dataset

Enhancing language model performance through training on a carefully curated dataset

6/10/2021
Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind

An update on our racial justice efforts

An update on DeepMind's racial justice efforts and intention to combat racism and advance racial equity.

6/4/2021
EleutherAIEleutherAI

Why Release a Large Language Model?

Exploring the benefits of creating and open sourcing a large language model for AI safety

6/2/2021
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Did I Break You? Reverse Dependency Verification

A practical blueprint for safely upgrading a central library (JVMKit) across SoundCloud’s polyglot stack by using a reverse dependency graph, Golden Paths, and automated CI pipelines to verify each dependent service with batch upgrades and targeted tests.

5/25/2021
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Did I Break You? Reverse Dependency Verification

A practical approach to automatically verifying JVMKit changes against SoundCloud’s ecosystem by tracing reverse dependencies through a graph, enforcing Golden Paths, and running CI-driven pipelines to ensure safe, disruption-free releases.

5/25/2021
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Did I Break You? Reverse Dependency Verification

Exploring the process of reverse dependency verification and its importance in maintaining a tech stack amidst changing company dynamics

5/25/2021
EleutherAIEleutherAI

Activation Function Ablation

Examining the impact of removing activation functions in GPT-like autoregressive language models.

5/24/2021
EleutherAIEleutherAI

Finetuning Models on Downstream Tasks

Tuning the performance of GPT-Neo on downstream tasks using an evaluation harness.

5/24/2021
EleutherAIEleutherAI

Evaluating Different Fewshot Description Prompts on GPT-3

Evaluating the impact of different fewshot prompts on the performance of GPT-3.

5/24/2021
EleutherAIEleutherAI

On the Sizes of OpenAI API Models

Utilizing eval harness to determine the sizes of OpenAI API models based on their performance.

5/24/2021
OpenAIOpenAI

OpenAI Scholars 2021: Final projects

Exploring innovative final projects from OpenAI Scholars 2021 cohort.

5/10/2021