Nvidia in Talks to Back Data Startup Mercor at $20 Billion
Nvidia has discussed investing in Mercor, a data-labeling startup that supplies expert data for its Nemotron models, in a round that would double the company’s valuation to $20 billion.
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Data Augmentation
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Instruction Tuning
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Active Learning
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Training Data
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The dataset used to teach AI models how to perform tasks. It helps systems recognize patterns, make predictions, and improve performance through iterative learning.