Stanford researchers found that Meta's newest AI model can reproduce 42% of Harry Potter word-for-word—ten times more than earlier versions. The findings complicate copyright lawsuits and reveal a troubling trend in AI development.
Anthropic says multiple AI agents working together beat single models by 90%. The catch? They use 15x more computing power. This trade-off between performance and cost might reshape how we build AI systems for complex tasks.
AI models typically learn by memorizing patterns, then researchers bolt on reasoning as an afterthought. A new method called Reinforcement Pre-Training flips this approach—teaching models to think during basic training instead.
Remember when AI was just helping coders catch typos? Those were simpler times. Now, two DeepMind veterans have raised $130 million to build AI that won't just assist developers - it'll replace them entirely. And that's just the beginning.
Reflection AI, valued at $555 million before even emerging from stealth, wants to create superintelligent AI agents that can code autonomously. Think less "helpful assistant" and more "your new robot overlord." Founders Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou bring serious credentials - they helped create AlphaGo and Gemini at DeepMind. Now they're aiming higher.
The startup has already attracted big names. Reid Hoffman, Nvidia, and Sequoia Capital are all throwing money at the chance to help build potentially humanity-surpassing AI. Current clients include financial firms and tech companies, who are apparently eager to hand their codebases over to autonomous agents.
While other companies build AI "co-pilots," Reflection wants their AI in the captain's chair. They're starting with automating tedious coding tasks, but their ambitions stretch far beyond that. As one investor helpfully clarified, they don't want to replace engineers - they just want to turn them into "architects" overseeing armies of AI agents. Much better.
The timing seems perfect, riding the wave of AI enthusiasm that followed ChatGPT's debut. With offices in New York, San Francisco, and London, Reflection is now hiring. Presumably, they'll need humans. For now.
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A former AI researcher left his Munich lab to chase what he calls the "holy grail" of artificial intelligence. His startup just raised $13 million with barely more than a demo video. What convinced investors to bet big on something that doesn't exist yet?
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