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CME295 Transformers and Large Language Models is open for enrollment until September 6. Learn more: https://online.stanford.edu/courses/cme295-transformers-and-large-language-models

A pretrained LLM is good at predicting text — but that's not the same as following instructions well. Stanford Adjunct Professors Shervine and Afshine Amidi walk through the techniques that close that gap: fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, preference optimization, verifier-guided training, and distillation.

CME296 Diffusion and Large Vision Models will be available in Spring 2027. Learn more about that course here: https://online.stanford.edu/courses/cme296-diffusion-and-large-vision-models

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