AI That Keeps Up: Workshop on Continual and Compatible Foundation Model Updates (CCFM)

Foundation models, despite their impressive capabilities, face a critical challenge: they naturally become outdated. Trained on vast datasets, frequently updating these models is expensive. Crucially, these challenges extend beyond the scope of studies in traditional continual learning, as foundation models require rapid and scalable adaptation to dynamic global changes and the emergence of both generalized and specialized tasks. This workshop addresses the urgent need for up-to-date foundation models. We invite researchers to explore cost-effective methods for frequent updates and adaptation, minimizing forgetting and deterioration, ensuring a consistent user experience, and designing dynamic evaluations that remain relevant as models evolve.