Stanford CRFM

DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion, and others transformed the image generation space. We saw more powerful language models, PaLM, and of course ChatGPT. We saw foundation models being developed for speech, music, proteins, and many other data modalities. And, for the first time, these models are now being widely deployed and utilized by consumers to accomplish a wide breadth of useful tasks. What is clear is that while foundation models have opened up unprecedented new possibilities, they are also still raw, imperfect research artifacts that we do not entirely understand. In 2021, we founded the Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM), recognizing the critical role of foundation models.