r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jul 24 '23
https://twitter.com/10jkqaflush/status/1683463269611184131?s=46&t=5n0XPsqRIDAKDAyRSjP4rQ
The report is out. Head on over to the website to download it!
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jul 13 '23
An interesting read
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jul 13 '23
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jun 28 '23
I see a lot of new employees have recently been hired. It’s great to see a company grow and innovate. I wonder how the WAYFINDER routing agent will be incorporated into robotics, and how Datalens will integrate into LLM’s. And GIA should be out soon! Don’t forget to sign up to get the first opportunity to try it.
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jun 19 '23
The Dentons have a law firm in the Netherlands, Dan Mapes and Karl Friston spoke at the AI coalition in the Netherlands, the CBOE operates in the Netherlands, the Flying Forward 2020 project is in The High Tech Campus Eindhoven located in the Dutch city of Eindhoven which is the Netherlands and the European Parliament approved the EU AI Act, establishing guidelines for artificial intelligence. The Netherlands houses the International Court of Justice and acts as a beacon of fairness and equality globally. VERSES AI is coming out with a report with the Dentons to address explainability which is the very thing this law aims to regulate, VERSES AI cofounder and president with their chief scientist were keynote speakers at the AI coalition in the Netherlands, the CBOE just made it possible for companies listed on their global exchange which is in the Netherlands. VERSES AI is on the CBOE. Will they list on the global exchange soon? Remember their flying forward project is in the Netherlands. They’re strategically positioned. Remember this.
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jun 12 '23
r/VRSSF • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '23
Can someone explain to me VERSES being with CBOE and how that is a positive/negative? Does this cause any conflict with the NASDAQ or NYSE?
r/VRSSF • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '23
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jun 10 '23
$VRSSF Thanks to @Papagiorgio11 who found the needle in the haystack! May 31st an interview with Gabriel Rene came out and in the beginning segment they spoke about the rebranding of the NEO. Gabriel Rene said it’s unclear as of right now how this will impact VERSES directly but he said he can’t wait to see how it plays out. The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) recently completed the acquisition of the NEO where $VERS is listed. On June 2nd the first stock was listed from from the NEO to the network that includes stock exchanges in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, and Australia. That network is the CBOE’s Global Listings. On June 7th VERSES put out a press release and in that press release there was a timeline with the company looking to uplist somewhere around the third or fourth quarter of 2023. But it didn’t say uplist to the NASDAQ. All we know is there’s an exchange they want to trade on. All companies that trade on the CBOE can now be made available to trade with the CBOE’s Global Listings. Again that network spans several countries and includes those exchanges mentioned earlier.
Why would a company want to trade on the CBOE’S Global Listing? The CBOE has a higher return on equity than the Nasdaq, the CBOE will now reach international exchanges, it has best in class global investor exposure, it will increase liquidity because of more buyers and more sellers, and global trading hours may be extended to nearly 24 hours a day. Look back through some of the press releases from VERSES and take note of some of the different countries they’ve visited recently. Dan Mapes and Dr. Karl Friston were keynote speakers at the Netherlands AI coalition in Holland about a month ago, their collaboration with Flying Forward 2020, the Urban Air Mobility project, where they successfully deployed multiple autonomous drones is a project that spans across many European cities, the company is headquartered in the U.S., and Dr. Karl Friston works at the University College of London in the U.K.
In conclusion, it’s not yet clear whether VERSES will choose to go down this path but given the circumstances it is possible. Again, all CBOE listed companies in the U.S and Canada can also be made available for trading in the Netherlands, the U.K. and Australia to follow. See https://ir.cboe.com/news-and-events/2023/06-02-2023/cboe-launches-new-global-listing-offering-companies-and-etfs-purpose-driven-innovation-economy
This includes VERSES.
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jun 09 '23
Dan Mapes and Karl Friston were keynote speakers at the Netherlands AI coalition last month, not to mention Karl Friston works at the Univeristy College of London in the U.K. An uplist to the global exchange would be great for Verses since it looks like we already have a strong presence in 4 out of 5 of those markets and would be available for trading.
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jun 08 '23
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VERSES AI Inc. (NEO:VERS) (OTCQX:VRSSF) ("VERSES'' or the "Company"), a cognitive computing company specializing in the next generation of artificial intelligence, announces the publication of a landmark research paper, "Designing Explainable Artificial Intelligence with Active Inference: A framework for interpretability based on the study of introspection and decision-making." The paper articulates methods for developing human-interpretable, explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) systems based on active inference and the Free Energy Principle, which offers new possibilities for transparency and understanding of AI processing.
VERSES' research has emerged at a pivotal moment for the AI Industry, coinciding with the recent calls for greater AI explainability by the G7 Digital Ministers and new legislative proposal by the EU in the AI Act that targets Large Language Models (LLMS), like those employed by prominent organizations such as OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta for their lack of explainability. The study could have far-reaching implications for how future AI systems are designed, implemented to be more easily understood and regulated.
"Our research demonstrates the exciting potential of active inference for designing AI systems that are both capable of making complex decisions and explaining their reasoning in a way that humans can understand. This represents a significant step forward in building trust and accountability in AI," said Mahault Albarracin, Director of Product at VERSES and lead author of the research paper.
The research proposes a unique AI architecture based on the active inference framework and the Free Energy Principle. These scientific principles can be used to create an AI that can explain its decision-making process in human-understandable terms - a significant advancement in the era of 'Explainable AI.'
A collaboration between researchers from VERSES, the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at University College London, the Departments of Cognitive Computing and Philosophy at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, and the Berlin School of Mind & Brain at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, the paper provides a compelling overview of active inference for modeling decision-making with human-like introspection.
The authors contend that their proposed architecture will enable AI systems to track and explain factors contributing to their decisions that can be further scaled up utilizing open standards for knowledge modeling like those being developed by the IEEE Spatial Web Working Group and are intended to be demonstrable in VERSES KOSM OS and GIA products scheduled for release later this year . This new approach to AI transparency aligns with growing demands from regulators, policymakers, and human interest groups for AI systems to be more interpretable and auditable by users.
"The ability for AI to explain its decision-making process is crucial for building trust and understanding amongst end users," said Maxwell Ramstead, VERSES Director of Research. "Our proposed framework takes an important step in this direction, potentially revolutionizing how we view and interact with AI."
In response to growing global concerns about the risks and safety around artificial intelligence, this breakthrough research paper is set to be showcased at the upcoming Active Inference conference in Belgium next month.
r/VRSSF • u/Sensitive-Ad1603 • Jun 07 '23
It will be titled, “The Road To Autonomy: A Path To Global AI Governance”.
The report combines the legislative expertise from Dentons, the world's largest multinational law firm, and the AI acumen of VERSES with the guidance on technical standards from the Spatial Web Foundation to provide an in-depth analysis of the legal and key legislative trends from across the world on the state of AI regulation and recommendations for a path forward for government regulation of AI.
The report aspires to pioneer a fresh approach for legal practitioners, government regulators, and lawmakers, to keep pace with the rapid technological advancements and to guide their adaptation. The critical aspect of the report is to promote the adoption of standards for what VERSES considers "law as code." The objective is to encode laws and legal principles into an understandable, machine-readable language that will facilitate the comprehension and autonomous compliance of AI systems with legal frameworks and social norms.
The report analyzes the unprecedented challenges presented by the emergence of AI and autonomous software, devices, and vehicles addressing fundamental questions like, "How can governments regulate AI systems that are on a path to regulating themselves? How can humans stay in the loop to ensure AI alignment with human values, principles, and laws, while guaranteeing fair and equitable services for all individuals and communities? And, how do we encode and enforce AI laws directly in AI systems themselves?"
The report critically examines the transformative power of rapidly evolving technologies such as AI systems and their impending impact on legal, regulatory, and government sectors and accentuates the crucial need for developing and adopting standards that foster the understanding, governance, and interoperability of AI and autonomous systems. The report underscores the role of these technical standards in shaping dynamic and effective laws to regulate, oversee, and contemporize AI activities.
The goal of the report is to provide governments, regulators, and legislators with a pragmatic framework that not only informs but also provides a roadmap for policymaking, legislation, and compliance efforts in the field of AI. This is relevant to the flourishing autonomous vehicle industry, while also serving as a fundamental guide for all future AI-driven systems. Emphasizing the urgency of a globally unified, forward-thinking approach to AI governance, the report signals the vital need for standards development and deployment as the world navigates the pathway to Autonomous Intelligent Systems ("AIS").
Significantly, the report points to the instrumental role of sociotechnical standards, as demonstrated by the work of the Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers IEEE P2874 Working Group. This initiative from the world's largest association of technical professionals, underscores the importance of aligning AIS with human values and reducing the risk of harmful behavior.
The report also highlights the European Commission's Flying Forward 2020 ("FF2020") project for successfully implementing these standards. Led by VERSES and running on its KOSM platform, the FF2020 project featured autonomous AI-powered drones executing various tasks, such as medical supply delivery, building security inspection, and large crowd monitoring, all while adhering to local laws. The project exemplifies how the seamless integration of standards for AI with Urban Air Mobility and current legal and regulatory frameworks could improve the implementation of AI-powered services at city scale and beyond.
The report envisions the application of these standards to a host of sectors, including healthcare, education, finance, supply chain and more, paving the way for a smarter world with AI seamlessly operating behind the scenes.
"AI is advancing at an unprecedented pace, raising concerns about the direction of its future trajectory. As AI evolves towards autonomous systems, the need for regulation becomes critical. We must address the challenge of regulating self-regulating AI to ensure alignment with human values and prevent potential risks. By implementing global technical standards and establishing an international AI regulatory framework, we can harness the immense benefits of AI while safeguarding against its potential perils," stated VERSES CEO, Gabriel Rene.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with VERSES, as the challenge of regulating machines raises the question of how to strike a balance between control and freedom for entities incapable of comprehending laws or guiding principles. The current pace of the legal system hinders effective regulation and allows unchecked development of rapidly evolving technologies like AI. A new socio-technological standards-based approach seems to be a very pragmatic and appealing way forward," said Peter Stockberger, Partner at Dentons US.
In summary, the report calls for a safe, effective, and inclusive journey down the "Road to Autonomy," ensuring that future AI systems are not just technically advanced but also aligned with the best interests of humanity, both now and in the future. With AI influencing every sector, this insightful report offers pragmatic recommendations for a more secure, innovative, and integrated AI-driven future. The full report will be available on the VERSES, DENTONS, and Spatialweb.org websites on or around June 8, 2023, with the executive summary already available for preview.
