After an allegation of patent infringement from AI startup FriendliAI, Hugging Face – a renowned AI developer platform has reached a confidential settlement. This dispute resolution, concluded on January 8, marks the close of a nearly two-year-old case filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Delaware.
FriendliAI accused Brooklyn-based Hugging Face of infringing its patent on “batching with iteration-level scheduling,” a technique that enhances the batching data process in AI systems. This technology allows AI systems to process multiple requests concurrently—FriendliAI targeted Hugging Face’s Text Generation Inference tool, which employs this patented method.
Hugging Face, with significant backing from industry giants like Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, and Salesforce, is one of the world’s leading repositories of AI tools and models. The company not only hosts but develops its models and tools and extends consulting services to enterprises.
With this lawsuit settlement, the high-end AI development by Hugging Face continues unhampered.
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