Optimizing for efficiency with IBM’s Granite

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We often judge AI models by leaderboard scores, but what if efficiency matters more? Kate Soule from IBM joins us to discuss how Granite AI is rethinking AI at the edge - breaking tasks into smaller, efficient components and co-designing models with hardware. She also shares why AI should prioritize efficiency frontiers over incremental benchmark gains and how seamless model routing can optimize performance. Featuring: Kate Soule - LinkedIn Chris Benson - Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Daniel Whitenack - Website , GitHub , X Links: IBM Granite IBM Granite on Hugging Face IBM Expands Granite Model Family with New Multi-Modal and Reasoning AI Built for the Enterprise

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