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ImportAI 449: LLMs training other LLMs; 72B distributed training run; computer vision is harder than generative text

LLMs are now training other LLMs. Computer vision just got harder than text generation.

Reporting by Import AI (Jack Clark) 1 min brief
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This analysis surfaces emerging AI capability shifts—LLMs as trainers and the surprising complexity gap between vision and language—that challenge conventional scaling assumptions and reshape where AI development resources should flow.

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  1. LLMs training other LLMs (capability shift)

  2. 72B parameter distributed training run

  3. Computer vision complexity exceeds generative text assumptions

  4. Published March 16, 2026

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