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Jeff Smith
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Sharing this trailer for our work at 2nd Set AI. It brings together several of our past projects as well as our latest work on consistency, grounding, and content understanding.
Sharing this trailer for our work at 2nd Set AI. It brings together several of our past projects as well as our latest work on consistency, grounding, and content understanding.
September 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sharing this trailer for our work at 2nd Set AI. It brings together several of our past projects as well as our latest work on consistency, grounding, and content understanding.
I think everyone *presumes* that #genAI image models have copyrighted IP in them, but it's actually hard work to study this at scale. We built a tool that scans across a wide range of model providers and asset types. And it's free! 2ndsetai.substack.com/p/monitoring...
Monitoring Your IP in GenAI Models
Introducing our IP Risk Audit
2ndsetai.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I think everyone *presumes* that #genAI image models have copyrighted IP in them, but it's actually hard work to study this at scale. We built a tool that scans across a wide range of model providers and asset types. And it's free! 2ndsetai.substack.com/p/monitoring...
Fit check for my napalm era. At #AnimeNYC #kpopdemonhunters
August 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fit check for my napalm era. At #AnimeNYC #kpopdemonhunters
Howdy, #AnimeNYC! I'll be around all weekend talking about the future of #genAI and #animation. HMU if you want to talk about your next #comics or #animation project.
August 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Howdy, #AnimeNYC! I'll be around all weekend talking about the future of #genAI and #animation. HMU if you want to talk about your next #comics or #animation project.
Sharing my latest writeup on #genAI meets #anime and #manga. It's all about IP rights and the future of genAI in the #comics and #animation market: 2ndsetai.substack.com/p/generating...
Generating Ghosts in the Machine
Understanding GenAI IP Risk for Manga and Anime
2ndsetai.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sharing my latest writeup on #genAI meets #anime and #manga. It's all about IP rights and the future of genAI in the #comics and #animation market: 2ndsetai.substack.com/p/generating...
Important linguistic debate to settle: now that everyone is #vibecoding what is our name for the old way of working? Raw dogging your development?
August 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Important linguistic debate to settle: now that everyone is #vibecoding what is our name for the old way of working? Raw dogging your development?
Reposted by Jeff Smith
🔥 New startup alert! 2nd Set AI is tackling multimodal reasoning for visual generation—game changer! 🚀 This innovation could redefine how we interact with AI. Keep an eye on this one! #AI #Innovation
It's been a bit, but I'm back with big news. I've founded a new startup, 2nd Set AI. We're bringing true multimodal reasoning to the challenges of visual generation. More about us in this 🧵
August 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔥 New startup alert! 2nd Set AI is tackling multimodal reasoning for visual generation—game changer! 🚀 This innovation could redefine how we interact with AI. Keep an eye on this one! #AI #Innovation
This is frankly super exciting for the #opensource #AIresearch ecosystem.
With fresh support of $75M from NSF and $77M from NVIDIA, we’re set to scale our open model ecosystem, bolster the infrastructure behind it, and fast‑track reproducible AI research to unlock the next wave of scientific discovery. 💡
August 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is frankly super exciting for the #opensource #AIresearch ecosystem.
It's been a bit, but I'm back with big news. I've founded a new startup, 2nd Set AI. We're bringing true multimodal reasoning to the challenges of visual generation. More about us in this 🧵
August 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's been a bit, but I'm back with big news. I've founded a new startup, 2nd Set AI. We're bringing true multimodal reasoning to the challenges of visual generation. More about us in this 🧵
This post gets into just how much complexity there is for #genAI devs when working on model selection. There are so many models these days. Which is great but also a huge shopping hassle.
Strategic Guide to AI Model Selection: Balancing Performance and Cost
🆕 framework to help ensure that you deploy the most effective and resource-efficient #AI for your particular use case
👉 gradientflow.substack.com/p/the-ai-mod...
🆕 framework to help ensure that you deploy the most effective and resource-efficient #AI for your particular use case
👉 gradientflow.substack.com/p/the-ai-mod...
The AI Model Selection Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make
Subscribe • Previous Issues
gradientflow.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This post gets into just how much complexity there is for #genAI devs when working on model selection. There are so many models these days. Which is great but also a huge shopping hassle.
I've just put up a post about my latest attempt to characterize progress in #genAI imagery. Everyone knows stuff is getting better fast, but it's hard to translate into human meaningful terms.
2ndsetai.substack.com/p/dress-code
2ndsetai.substack.com/p/dress-code
Dress Code
AI's Generative Progress, As Seen Through Fashion History
2ndsetai.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I've just put up a post about my latest attempt to characterize progress in #genAI imagery. Everyone knows stuff is getting better fast, but it's hard to translate into human meaningful terms.
2ndsetai.substack.com/p/dress-code
2ndsetai.substack.com/p/dress-code
Last week Aditya Inamdar asked me to sit down and talk through the past ten years or so of my work across research, open source, and startups in AI for his podcast, The Socratic Embers.
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Last week Aditya Inamdar asked me to sit down and talk through the past ten years or so of my work across research, open source, and startups in AI for his podcast, The Socratic Embers.
🎻Concert Announcement!🎺
We're having a big free concert in NYC on March 4. Contemporaneous will be playing short pieces from a bunch of contemporary local composers (including me). The idea is something like an Open Mic night, but with a 23 person chamber orchestra. 🤯
roulette.org/event/contem...
We're having a big free concert in NYC on March 4. Contemporaneous will be playing short pieces from a bunch of contemporary local composers (including me). The idea is something like an Open Mic night, but with a 23 person chamber orchestra. 🤯
roulette.org/event/contem...
Contemporaneous: Open Mic
Contemporaneous provides a free opportunity for composers to submit their work to be performed in a free open mic for new music.
roulette.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🎻Concert Announcement!🎺
We're having a big free concert in NYC on March 4. Contemporaneous will be playing short pieces from a bunch of contemporary local composers (including me). The idea is something like an Open Mic night, but with a 23 person chamber orchestra. 🤯
roulette.org/event/contem...
We're having a big free concert in NYC on March 4. Contemporaneous will be playing short pieces from a bunch of contemporary local composers (including me). The idea is something like an Open Mic night, but with a 23 person chamber orchestra. 🤯
roulette.org/event/contem...
The analysis of London's most central sheep is definitely my favorite thing on the internet this year, and it might still be on December 31. diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/01/lond...
diamond geezer
diamondgeezer.blogspot.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The analysis of London's most central sheep is definitely my favorite thing on the internet this year, and it might still be on December 31. diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/01/lond...
Happy New Year, 🦋! I'm going to resolve to make this new social platform as useful for me as the old 🐦 was at its peak.
#NewYearsResolutions #resolutions
#NewYearsResolutions #resolutions
January 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Happy New Year, 🦋! I'm going to resolve to make this new social platform as useful for me as the old 🐦 was at its peak.
#NewYearsResolutions #resolutions
#NewYearsResolutions #resolutions
Another handmade 🎄 gift. A #krokbragd #handwoven wool rug with linen warps.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Another handmade 🎄 gift. A #krokbragd #handwoven wool rug with linen warps.
Made grandma a crocheted cotton lap blanket for 🎄. Bulky yarn is so fast and fun to make gifts with.
December 26, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Made grandma a crocheted cotton lap blanket for 🎄. Bulky yarn is so fast and fun to make gifts with.
Sharing the news about the launch of a new accelerator for early stage research ideas headed toward becoming #startups then generational companies. Savant is trying to help at the very beginning when people are just starting to figure out their journey: www.joinsavant.com
savant - turn your research into generational companies
where technical talent builds frontier ideas
www.joinsavant.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Sharing the news about the launch of a new accelerator for early stage research ideas headed toward becoming #startups then generational companies. Savant is trying to help at the very beginning when people are just starting to figure out their journey: www.joinsavant.com
Sharing my latest article. It's all about the potential of #seaweed to reinvent the textile supply chain, starting with #handweaving. In the current issue of HGA's Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot.
December 16, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Sharing my latest article. It's all about the potential of #seaweed to reinvent the textile supply chain, starting with #handweaving. In the current issue of HGA's Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot.
Reposted by Jeff Smith
MITs “affective computing” expert at NeurIPS lacking any emotional or cultural awareness whatsoever. Shame on you Rosalind Picard!
December 14, 2024 at 5:42 PM
MITs “affective computing” expert at NeurIPS lacking any emotional or cultural awareness whatsoever. Shame on you Rosalind Picard!
Flying back and forth across the country is a great time to get caught up on all of the #AIresearch I missed.
Finally had a chance to digest @nathanbenaich.bsky.social 's State of AI Report...
...just in time for #NeurIPS @neuripsconf.bsky.social to bury me in 100s of papers to read.
Finally had a chance to digest @nathanbenaich.bsky.social 's State of AI Report...
...just in time for #NeurIPS @neuripsconf.bsky.social to bury me in 100s of papers to read.
December 9, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Flying back and forth across the country is a great time to get caught up on all of the #AIresearch I missed.
Finally had a chance to digest @nathanbenaich.bsky.social 's State of AI Report...
...just in time for #NeurIPS @neuripsconf.bsky.social to bury me in 100s of papers to read.
Finally had a chance to digest @nathanbenaich.bsky.social 's State of AI Report...
...just in time for #NeurIPS @neuripsconf.bsky.social to bury me in 100s of papers to read.