DeepMind Scientist Flags Early $1bn Model Discussions

David Pfau, Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and visiting professor at Imperial College London, posted a reply noting the dated nature of a discussion. Pfau wrote that the exchange felt like a time capsule because participants were already talking about training a $1bn model three years earlier. The comment stands as a first-party observation from Pfau on the age of the referenced conversation. No further details on the original post or additional replies appear in the supplied evidence.