Dominic Perella of Character.AI expressed that the costs of training frontier models have skyrocketed, making it 'difficult to finance on even a very large startup budget.' This showcases the staggering financial barriers startups face in the generative AI space.
Character.AI's recent collaboration with Google resulted in the rejoining of co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, alongside around 30 researchers, emphasizing how quickly startups can be absorbed and their innovative potential redirected by big tech.
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