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Forbes columnist & Tech First Podcast Host

John Koetsier

As compute costs soar and LLM providers bump up their subscription fees, consumers and enterprise leaders must ask what they're getting in return. Join Fireworks AI Co-founder & CEO Lin Qiao as she delves into this question, exploring the capabilities of custom-built, smaller models and how they might be a more efficient and less intensive alternative to compute behemoths.

The smaller, the better: Can SLMs beat LLMs?

The initial hype for metaverse or virtual worlds has subsided but their future as a key space for social, creative and commercial interaction is more likely than you might think.

John Koetsier

Forbes columnist & Tech First Podcast Host

Forbes, Freelance