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March 20, 2024

A robot’s brain that won’t hallucinate: Stanhope AI raises £2.3m

The robotic revolution is coming but our most powerful AI systems aren't yet reliable enough to run them — Stanhope AI wants to fix that

Tim Smith

5 min read

Generative AI models have gotten exponentially bigger and more capable in recent years, as they’ve been trained on more data with greater amounts of computational power. But while large language models (LLMs) — the type of model that powers chatbots like ChatGPT — can perform impressive feats, like passing complex legal exams, they still regularly make mistakes.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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