AWS Regional LLM League Brings Together AI Talent

While the inaugural AWS Large Language Model (LLM) League held in Singapore last year showed how anyone can unlock the full potential of AI, this year’s expanded edition, the AI ​​Regional LLM League, has brought the stage to young people across Southeast Asia to popularize AI access through fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), demonstrating the synergy of those skills when talent converges.

Contestants participating in the AWS Regional LLM League.

Co-organized by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AI Singapore (AISG), the inaugural Regional LLM League attracted 1,300 participants from higher education institutions in six countries: Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Participating in the tournament, contestants are given Amazon SageMaker JumpStart credits to refine their Llama 3B models, with the ultimate challenge goal: surpassing the much larger Llama 70B reference model, in the form of a multiple-choice assessment.

Blix D. Foryasen, a computer science student from the Philippines, won first place. Using model distillation — a technique for training a small model using the output of a larger “teacher” model — Blix experimented with different teacher models to build a highly accurate training set. As a result, his model outperformed a larger model in the multiple-choice test.

As Gen AI becomes a strategic pillar of digital transformation, the need for a diverse and inclusive talent pool becomes more important than ever, and the Regional LLM League is a clear demonstration that, with the right tools, mentorship and opportunities, anyone can make a positive contribution to the future of AI development.

“I am thrilled to see so many young talents coming together to master cutting-edge AI technologies,” said Elsie Tan, Country Manager, Global Public Sector, AWS Singapore. “To date, AWS has trained over 31 million students in cloud skills across over 200 countries and territories through our free training programs, opening the door of opportunity for underserved communities to actively contribute to shaping the future of technology.”

KIM THANH

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/aws-regional-llm-league-quy-tu-cac-nhan-tai-ai-post803266.html