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 ## What is JAX?
 
-JAX is [Autograd](https://github.com/hips/autograd) and [XLA](https://www.tensorflow.org/xla),
-brought together for high-performance numerical computing, including
-large-scale machine learning research.
+JAX is a Python library for accelerator-oriented array computation and program transformation,
+designed for high-performance numerical computing and large-scale machine learning.
 
 With its updated version of [Autograd](https://github.com/hips/autograd),
 JAX can automatically differentiate native
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 JAX: High-Performance Array Computing
 =====================================
 
-JAX is Autograd_ and XLA_, brought together for high-performance numerical computing.
+JAX is a Python library for accelerator-oriented array computation and program transformation,
+designed for high-performance numerical computing and large-scale machine learning.
 
 If you're looking to train neural networks, use Flax_ and start with its documentation.
 Some associated tools are Optax_ and Orbax_.
@@ -93,8 +94,6 @@ For an end-to-end transformer library built on JAX, see MaxText_.
    glossary
 
 
-.. _Autograd: https://github.com/hips/autograd
-.. _XLA: https://openxla.org/xla
 .. _Flax: https://flax.readthedocs.io/
 .. _Orbax: https://orbax.readthedocs.io/
 .. _Optax: https://optax.readthedocs.io/