VERSES Brings Natural Computing to the Center of AI Discussions on the World Stage at Davos 2024Company’s Attendance Highlighted by Meetings with Renowned Tech Leaders
Vancouver, BC, – 1 February 2024 – VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) ("VERSES'' or the "Company”), a cognitive computing company developing next-generation intelligent software systems joined industry and world leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from January 15th to 19th, and engaged in discussions surrounding the Future of AI and Computing.
“We are thrilled with the level of interest we received at Davos this year,” said Gabriel René, founder and CEO of VERSES. “As AI took center stage at Davos, the dominant narrative emphasized the drawbacks of existing large models. The overwhelming theme was a clear and tangible interest in alternatives to the current AI trajectory.”
Highlights Of The Event Included
● Debate between Yann LeCun, one of the “Godfathers of AI,” Chief Scientist at Meta and Karl Friston, one of the world’s top neuroscientists and Chief Scientist at VERSES.
○ Natural vs. Artificial Intelligence
○ General Intelligence vs Human Intelligence
○ The need for systems to infer meaning on their own
● Announcement of a Partnership with G42 backed Analog.io to use the Genius™ platform for Abu Dhabi’s smart city projects
● Intelligence Edge Panel: Connecting People, Places, and Things with AI at the Davos “AI House”
○ Gabriel René, CEO VERSES
○ Alex Kipman, CEO Analog.io
○ Nicole Büttner, CEO Merantix
○ Prashanth Marpu, VP of R&D, Bayanat.ai
● Added highlights
○ CNBC Panel - Featuring Dr. Friston and Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of HTTP and HTML, discussing AI and Decentralization
○ Director of Innovation, Research and Development, Mahault Albarracin was a featured speaker at Ahura AI House in Davos
○ Fireside Chat with Karl Friston and Gary Marcus, professor emeritus psychology and neuroscience at the New York University
Mr. René concluded, “The enthusiasm we received from business and world leaders alike highlighted the increased demand for smarter, safer, and more sustainable intelligent software systems and validated, on the world’s stage, the transformative potential of the natural computing revolution that VERSES is leading.”
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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