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.
Norm AI just landed $48 million to teach machines the art of legal compliance. The startup has now raised $87 million total, with heavyweight investors like Coatue and Marc Benioff betting on its vision.
The company builds AI agents that digest massive regulatory documents and spot compliance issues before they become headaches. These digital assistants can parse through behemoths like the 371,800-word Affordable Care Act in seconds.
CEO John Nay wants to embed these smart compliance checks directly into business workflows. His team created a special programming language that turns corporate policies and government regulations into decision trees that AI can understand.
The timing looks right. As companies adopt more AI tools and generate mountains of data, the compliance tech market is set to boom. Analysts expect it to grow from $10.9 billion in 2023 to $21.9 billion by 2034.
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Three ex-Cisco executives raised $21M to build AI that handles system outages before engineers get woken up at 2 AM. Their secret: multi-agent systems that cut response time by 90%. But there's a catch that separates them from every other AI monitoring startup.
Perplexity AI, known for providing direct answers instead of traditional search links, is nearing a $14 billion valuation. Yet beneath the soaring numbers lies a pressing question: Can its novel approach truly reshape how we search the internet?
Bugs just got more expensive. Lightrun, an Israeli startup, has secured $70 million to tackle a peculiar side effect of
Benchmark just placed a massive bet on Chinese AI startup Manus, leading a $75 million funding round that values the company at half a billion dollars. Not bad for a startup whose AI agents sometimes crash while ordering takeout.
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