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Developing story · 2 episodes · 24 Sept to 25 Sept

Sakana AI and Schmidhuber's AI Legacy

The series follows Sakana AI's partnership with AI pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber, highlighting how his early research underpins modern models. With Schmidhuber now serving as chief scientific advisor, the company aims to leverage his foundational work to advance its own AI offerings.

  1. Jürgen Schmidhuber’s early AI research underpins modern models like ChatGPT

    Jürgen Schmidhuber, a German AI researcher, is often called the Father of Modern AI for his foundational work in neural networks, deep learning, and self-supervised learning since the 1990s. His…

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  2. Sakana AI hires Schmidhuber as chief scientific advisor

    Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based startup, has appointed Jürgen Schmidhuber as its chief scientific advisor. Schmidhuber, often called the 'father of modern AI,' is credited with foundational work in world…

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Who and what
Sakana AIKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)International Telecommunication Union (ITU)LSTMChatGPTJürgen SchmidhuberSepp HochreiterGeoffrey HintonYann LeCunYoshua Bengio