Hugging Face's ML Intern lets users run ML experiments via chat

hugging face has launched ml intern, an ai assistant that allows users to run machine learning experiments through a simple chat interface. users describe their idea, and ml intern searches for the right models, datasets, and tools, then estimates compute costs and suggests a budget. the system can create datasets, train models, monitor jobs, upload results, write reports, and build demos. each training run has its own dashboard for tracking progress. for example, one demo video showed a six-hour run costing less than $0.50. this tool aims to make ml projects more accessible on the platform. hugging face is currently being acquired by nvidia, with ceo jensen huang promising to keep the platform open and hardware-neutral.