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WHAT IS INFERENCE ENGINEERING? DEEPDIVE

Inference is when a model takes an input and generates an output, one token at a time. Inference engineering is becoming more widespread as open models become more capable. With closed models, inference engineering is only done by the AI engineers who build the model, but anyone can tinker with open models. This post discusses what inference engineering is and some interesting approaches to inference engineering worth knowing about.

PROJECT MARIO

Google decided to restructure itself in 2015, spinning out chunks of its operation as semi-independent bets and creating a holding company called Alphabet to preside over them. DeepMind used the opportunity to regain its independence. It planned to create a new DeepMind with a board comprising three people from DeepMind, three people from Alphabet, and three independent members. The ensuing governance talks were dubbed by DeepMind's leaders as 'Project Mario'.

MEET THE STARTUP THAT USED AI AND OPENCLAW TO AUTOMATE ITS OWN DEVELOPERS

JustPaid, a California-based startup, used a combination of OpenClaw and Claude Code to create a team of seven AI agents to grind out code 24/7. The agents have built 10 major features in a month, each of which would have taken a team of human developers a month or more to build. JustPaid plans to eventually replace all its employees with AI. The company currently has nine employees - its latest human hire was trained almost entirely by the AI agent engineers.

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