VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE: VERS) (OTCQX: VRSSF) ("VERSES'' or the
"Company”), a cognitive computing company specializing in the next
generation of intelligent software systems, has penned an open
letter and invitation to OpenAI to collaborate on the pursuit of
artificial general intelligence (AGI).
The open letter, published today in The New York Times, outlines
how VERSES is pursuing an alternative approach to AGI using Active
Inference, a method pioneered by VERSES’ Chief Scientist, Karl
Friston. Active Inference comprises a set of techniques and tools
enabling the design and deployment of intelligent agents capable of
automatically and efficiently seeking out and learning from
relevant data, resulting in an auditable and human-explainable
decision-making and action-selection process.
VERSES’ latest research results indicate that its Active
Inference agents may soon be able to match and surpass the
performance of leading AI state-of-the-art approaches based on deep
learning while using orders of magnitude less data and fewer
computations. The Company expects to share more details and
validation tests with partners and the broader community in the
coming months. The breakthrough is also anticipated to be
integrated into the Genius platform, aiming to empower developers
to create agents capable of learning from any dataset, reasoning,
planning and adapting. These agents are optimized for energy and
computational efficiency, specifically tailored for intelligent
computing on the edge rather than solely in the cloud.
VERSES’ invitation to collaborate with the non-profit
organization OpenAI stems from OpenAI’s charter, issued in its
pursuit of non-competitive AGI development, which states, “If a
value-aligned, safety-conscious project comes close to building AGI
before we do, we commit to stop competing with and start assisting
this project.” Through the open letter, VERSES invites OpenAI to
explore this new path of collaboration, employing its biologically
inspired approach. The goal is to ensure that AGI and subsequent
superintelligent systems, as emphasized by the G7 and the US
Government, can be developed based on established standards. This
approach aims to guarantee that safer and more transparent methods
underpin the industry's ambitions and meet society's needs.
The Company wishes to explore the potential of Active Inference
and its applicability in science and industry, given the
significant strides made by prominent large language models such as
GPT, LLaMa, BARD and Claude using deep learning methods. However,
they encounter challenges in demonstrating generalizability,
explainability and alignment—factors the company considers vital to
AGI. The company believes that these aspects can be better achieved
through its approach. VERSES' preliminary research results further
indicate that its Active Inference-based approach can enable the
efficient, explainable and sustainable generation and deployment of
intelligent agents at scale.
“The VERSES AI Research Lab has spent years fine-tuning the
intricacies surrounding Active Inference,” said Dr. Friston. “By
incorporating the Free Energy Principle, a physics-based approach
to AI, we are granted the possibility of modeling any physical
system as an Active Inference agent that reasons, learns, plans and
predicts in real-time.”
Following the Free Energy Principle — which
reconciles our brains' predictions about the world with reality to
reduce the differences between the two — Active Inference codifies
mathematical principles that explicitly link intelligence,
cognition and rational behavior to physical processes at any scale,
from macroscopic to microscopic. With this framework, VERSES aims
to solve probabilistic AI’s tractability problem, allowing users to
design and deploy adaptive, real-time, scalable AI.
“We believe that nature's blueprint for intelligence offers the
best foundation to scale systems to AGI and beyond,” said Gabriel
René, VERSES founder and CEO. “A foundation that can enable
smarter, safer and more sustainable, standards-based approaches to
general and super intelligent systems. Building on this foundation,
our latest research has revealed a promising new path toward this
goal.”
To read the full letter, please visit
https://www.verses.ai/open-letter.
About VERSES
VERSES AI is a cognitive computing company specializing in
biologically inspired distributed intelligence. Our flagship
offering, Genius™, is patterned after natural systems and
neuroscience. Genius™ can learn, adapt, and interact with the
world. Key features of Genius™ include generalizability, predictive
queries, real-time adaptation, and an automated computing network.
Built on open standards, Genius™ transforms disparate data into
knowledge models that foster trustworthy collaboration between
humans, machines, and AI across digital and physical domains.
Imagine a smarter world that elevates human potential through
innovations inspired by nature. Learn more at VERSES, LinkedIn, and
X.
On behalf of the Company Gabriel René, Founder
& CEO, VERSES AI Inc. Eric Holder, Director of Communications,
VERSES AI Inc., press@verses.ai
Investor Relations Inquiries U.S., Matthew
Selinger, Partner, Integrous Communications, mselinger@integcom.us
415-572-8152 Canada, Leo Karabelas, President, Focus
Communications, info@fcir.ca 416-543-3120
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Company's long term goals relating to the AGI market; the
capabilities of Genius™, and the Company’s other technologies; that
the Company is developing an alternative approach to AGI using
Active Inference; the capabilities of Active Inference and the
expected benefits of using an Active Inference approach to AGI; the
fact that the Company is developing Active Inference agents; that
the Company’s Active Inference agents may soon be able to match and
surpass the performance of other approaches based on deep learning;
the Company’s goals relating to the development of Active Inference
agents; the performance, capabilities and benefits of Active
Inference agents relative to existing approaches, and otherwise;
that existing models may not achieve AGI as a result of their lack
of generalizability, explainability and alignment; that Active
Inference-based AI technology may enable the efficient, scalable,
safe, and responsible generation and deployment of intelligent
agents at scale; that Active Inference is expected to codify
mathematical principles; that AI’s tractability problem can be
solved by allowing users to design and deploy adaptive real-time,
scalable AI; and that nature’s blueprint for intelligence offers
the best foundation to scale systems to AGI and beyond. Such
forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions of
management, including, without limitation, that the Companyʼs cost
and timing expectations are accurate; that Genius™, the Company’s
agents and other technologies will be able to achieve the expected
results; that the Company will be successful in the deployment of
its resources and personnel; the Companyʼs ability to develop and
test the Genius™ technology and its other technology within the
anticipated timelines; that results of testing and development data
will be consistent with anticipated results and estimates; that the
Company will be successful in competing in the AGI market; that the
Company will not come across technology or other barriers
preventing it from achieving its business objectives and
commercializing its technology; that the Companyʼs technology will
impact the AI market and the Companyʼs success in the AI market as
anticipated; that the Company will have the financial resources
required to development and commercialize its technology; that the
Company’s operations and business plans will not be impacted by
adverse changes in legislation; that the Company’s success in
achieving its stated objectives will not be materially impacted by
competitors; that the Company will grow at the rate and in the
manner anticipated; and that management has accurately predicted
how the regulatory environment will impact its business.
Additionally, forward-looking statements involve
a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual plans, intentions, activities,
results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any future plans, intentions, activities,
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such risks include, without limitation:
the Company’s operations could be adversely affected by possible
future government legislation, policies and controls or by changes
in applicable laws and regulations including the ability of the
Company to develop and commercialize its products and the release
and deployment of the Genius™ technology and its other
technologies; political instability; unexpected development and
production challenges; the Company could face technology or
software disruptions; unanticipated costs; the Genius™ technology
may fail to perform as expected; the use of Active Inference may
not bring about the expected results; the Company’s Active
Inference agents may fail to perform as anticipated; the Company
could face increased competition; the Companyʼs technology could
fail to impact the AI market as anticipated; the loss of key
personnel; the loss of key partnerships necessary for the Company
to achieve its business objectives; that the Company’s research
results and evidence supporting its claims will prove to be
inaccurate; that OpenAI will not validate the Company’s approach to
AGI; that OpenAI will disagree with the Company’s approach to AGI;
and that OpenAI will challenge the capabilities of the Company’s
technologies. The forward-looking statements contained in this
press release represent management's best judgment based on
information currently available. No forward-looking statement can
be guaranteed and actual future results may vary materially.
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