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On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models

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Chelsea Finn · Erik Brynjolfsson · Hongyu Ren

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On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models arXiv · published 2021-08-16 · arXiv abstract page, retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 011f9d01a5338875b699e17f9ae960c290f15e94b8a2f33895901f7eed63d715). Submission history as arXiv records it (UTC): v1 16 August 2021; v2 18 August 2021; v3 12 July 2022. The page serves the latest version; each version is a separate expression, and only the one a record names was read.
On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models arXiv · published 2021-08-16 · arXiv:2108.07258v1, submitted 16 August 2021 (UTC). Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 7d7de90261ec22654cd360b7925886d75321db35ab6ff9412d8893da760ffe67). The author list is the byline as printed on the first page.

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'foundation model'Bommasani et al. (2021) define a foundation model as a model trained on broad data at scale that serves as the common basis from which task-specific models are built by adaptation.2021-08-16 · event · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗

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StatementThe report's authors chose the new term "foundation models" after surveying existing terms such as "pretrained model" and "self-supervised model".“Existing terms (e.g., pretrained model, self-supervised model) partially capture the technical dimension of these models”PDF p. 6, section 1.1.1 "Naming"Inspect claim & evidence ↗

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uses the nameBommasani et al. (arXiv v1, 2021) name models trained on broad data at scale and adaptable to many downstream tasks "foundation models".2021-08-16 · event · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗