Sparse training targets efficiency without sacrificing capability — the gap is narrowing.
Why sparsity matters
At frontier scale, compute cost is product cost. Efficiency translates directly into pricing flexibility.
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DeepMind publishes new results on efficient sparse training for large models
New techniques aim to reduce training cost while preserving downstream quality across reasoning and coding evaluations.
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