- Published on June 7, 2024
- In Deep Tech
Cohere Picks Enterprise AI Needs Over ‘Abstract Concepts Like AGI’
The company recently introduced fine-tuning for Command R, which surpasses larger, more expensive models.
Image by Raghavendra Rao
- By Shritama Saha
Recently, Silicon Valley displayed a rare mixed emotion towards achieving AGI. This became more apparent during the recent banter between Meta’s Yann LeCun and xAI’s Elon Musk.
However, unlike its contemporaries like OpenAI or Antropic, Google DeepMind or even xAI, the Canadian startup Cohere’s AI ambitions are not focussed on AGI, at least for now.
“We remain concentrated on designing AI solutions that deliver better workforce and customer experiences for businesses today rather than pursuing abstract concepts like AGI,” Saurabh Baji, SVP of engineering, Cohere, told AIM.
Some experts predict it will arrive next year, others say by 2029, and some think it will never happen. Some claimed that AGI has already been achieved multiple times in 2024
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Shritama Saha
Shritama (she/her) is a technology journalist at AIM who is passionate to explore generative AI with a special focus on big techs, database, healthcare, DE&I, hiring in tech and more.
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