AICould Walmart train large language models—and evaluate them well?
A post cites Meituan, JD and China Telecom to argue that Walmart could train capable AI models. A reply asks whether it would also be a good model evaluator.
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One post asks “Why not Walmart?” after pointing to Chinese companies’ ability to train large language models. It claims food-delivery company Meituan was the first to train a model with more than 1 trillion parameters on Ascend hardware, and says JD and China Telecom can train “serious LLMs.” A reply raises a separate question: would Walmart be a good model evaluator?
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Could Walmart train large language models—and evaluate them well?
A post cites Meituan, JD and China Telecom to argue that Walmart could train capable AI models. A reply asks whether it would also be a good model evaluator.
TLDR
One post asks “Why not Walmart?” after pointing to Chinese companies’ ability to train large language models. It claims food-delivery company Meituan was the first to train a model with more than 1 trillion parameters on Ascend hardware, and says JD and China Telecom can train “serious LLMs.” A reply raises a separate question: would Walmart be a good model evaluator?