Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]
19 December 2024 - 2:43AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the month of December 2024
Commission
File Number: 000-56692
VERSES
AI INC.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
205
- 810 Quayside Drive
New
Westminster, British Columbia
Canada
V3M 6B9
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Signature
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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VERSES AI INC. |
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/s/
Kevin Wilson |
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Name: |
Kevin
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Chief Financial Officer |
Date: December 18, 2024 |
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
99.1
VERSES
Genius™ Outperforms OpenAI Model in Code-Breaking Challenge, “Mastermind”
High-Performance
Agent Surpasses Leading AI Model in Accuracy, Speed, and Cost Efficiency
Vancouver,
BC – 16 December 2024 – (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) (“VERSES’’
or the “Company”), a cognitive computing company, today revealed performance highlights of its flagship product Genius winning
the code-breaking game Mastermind in a side by side comparison with a leading generative AI model, OpenAI’s o1 Preview, which is
positioned as an industry-leading reasoning model. Over one hundred test runs, Genius consistently outperformed OpenAI’s o1-preview
model one hundred and forty (140) times faster and more than five thousand times (5,000) cheaper.
“Today
we’re showcasing Genius’ advanced reasoning performance against state-of-the-art deep learning-based methods that LLMs are
based on,” said Hari Thiruvengada, VERSES Chief Technology Officer. “Mastermind was the perfect choice for this test because
it requires reasoning through each step logically, predicting the cause-and-effect outcomes of its decisions, and dynamically adapting
to crack the code. This exercise demonstrates how Genius outperforms tasks requiring logical and cause-effect reasoning, while exposing
the inherent limitations of correlational language-based approaches in today’s leading reasoning models.
“This
is just a preview of what’s to come. We’re excited to show how additional reasoning capabilities, available in Genius today
and demonstrated with Mastermind, will be further showcased in our upcoming Atari 10k benchmark results,” Thiruvengada continued.
The
comparison involved 100 games of Mastermind, a reasoning task requiring the models to deduce a hidden code through logical guesses informed
by feedback hints. Key metrics included success rate, computation time, number of guesses, and total cost.
In the exercise, VERSES compared OpenAI advanced reasoning model o1-preview to Genius. Each model attempted to crack the Mastermind code
on 100 games with up to ten guesses to crack the code. Each model is given a hint for each guess and must reason about the missing part
of the correct answer, requiring all six code colors to be correct to crack the code. For perspective, you can play the game at mastermindgame.org.
A
highlight of the results is below. You can find a more detailed description and results of the tests on our blog at verses.ai.
The
exercise: VERSES’ team conducted 100 games for each AI model, using the same secret code parameters: 4 positions and 6 possible
colors. Results were measured by success rate, computation time, number of guesses, and total cost. The comparison is summarized below:
Metric |
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Genius™ |
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o1-preview |
Success
Rate |
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100% |
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71%
(29% fail rate) |
Total
Compute Time |
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5
minutes, 18 seconds
(Avg
3.1s per game) |
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12.5
hours
(Avg
345s per game) |
Total
Cost for 100 Games |
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$0.05
USD (est.) |
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$263
USD |
Hardware
Requirements |
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Standard
laptop (M1) |
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GPU-based
Cloud |
Performance
Highlights:
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● |
Accuracy and Reliability. Genius solved the code every
time in a consistent number of steps. |
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Speed. Genius consistently solved games in 1.1–4.5
seconds, while ChatGPT’s solve times ranged from 7.9 to 889 seconds (approximately 15 mins) |
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Efficiency. Genius’ total compute time for 100
games was just over 5 minutes, compared to ChatGPT’s 12.5 hours. |
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Cost. Genius’ compute cost was estimated at $0.05
USD for all 100 games, compared to ChatGPT’s o1 model at $263 USD. |
In
summary, Genius solved Mastermind 100% of the time, was 140 times faster and 5260 times cheaper than o1-preview.
“These
impressive results highlight a critical gap in today’s AI landscape: the limitations of language-based models like OpenAI’s
o1 to handle logical reasoning tasks precisely and reliably,” said Gabriel René, founder and CEO of VERSES. “Mastermind
code-breaking is an indicative test that showcases the class of logical reasoning and understanding of cause and effect needed for real-world
applications like cybersecurity, fraud detection, and financial forecasting—domains where causality, accuracy, and efficiency are
non-negotiable. Genius not only excels at these tasks but does so faster, cheaper, and with unparalleled consistency, making it ideal
for addressing complex business challenges. Genius not only excels at these tasks but does so faster, cheaper, and with unparalleled
consistency, making it ideal for addressing complex business challenges.”
Mastermind™
is a registered trademark of Pressman Inc.
About
VERSES
VERSES
is a cognitive computing company building next-generation intelligent software systems modeled after the wisdom and genius of Nature.
Designed around first principles found in science, physics and biology, our flagship product, Genius, is a suite of tools for
machine learning practitioners to model complex dynamic systems and generate autonomous intelligent agents that continuously reason,
plan, and learn. Imagine a Smarter World that elevates human potential through technology inspired by Nature. Learn more at verses.ai,
LinkedIn, and X.
On
behalf of the Company
Gabriel
René, Founder & CEO, VERSES AI Inc.
Press
Inquiries: 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
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
When
used in this press release, the words “estimate”, “project”, “belief”, “anticipate”,
“intend”, “expect”, “plan”, “predict”, “may” or “should” and
the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements
and information. Although VERSES believes, in light of the experience of their respective officers and directors, current conditions
and expected future developments and other factors that have been considered appropriate, that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements and information in this press release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them because the parties can
give no assurance that such statements will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements and information in this press release
include, among other things, statements regarding the Company’s goals and plans for future testing of Genius, including the Atari
10K benchmark.
There
are risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements
and information. In making the forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied various material assumptions.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause VERSUS’ actual
results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements and information. Such factors may include,
among other things, the ability of the Company to complete further testing of Genius as anticipated, or at all, and that such further
testing will achieve the intended results. The Company undertakes no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations or statements made
by third parties in respect of its securities or its financial or operating results (as applicable).
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 risk that the Company will be unable to complete further testing of Genius as anticipated, or at all; and risks that
the Company will not achieve the intended results in such further testing. VERSES cautions that the foregoing list of material factors
is not exhaustive. When relying on VERSES’ forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should
carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. VERSES has assumed that the material factors referred
to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results
or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions
will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. The forward-looking information contained in this press release represents
the expectations of VERSES as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. VERSES does
not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required in accordance with applicable laws.
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