Latimer (large language model)

CTL-E-4120 · Work · other · 2020s

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Large language model from FutureSum AI designed to reduce bias against Black and Brown people in AI outputs; named after 19th-century Black inventor Lewis Latimer.

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Also known as: Latimer LLM

Notes

RELP94 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1061 authored_by. DISTINCT from canonical CTL-E-1069 'Lewis Howard Latimer' (the inventor); see aliases.json.

Relationships

John Pasmore — authored by
Pasmore created the Latimer large language model as a technological answer to LLM bias.

Sources

EE Times - LLM Seeks to Cut Black and Brown Bias (John Pasmore / FutureSum AI)

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