Open-source AI models released by Tokyo lab Sakana founded by former Google researchers

SAN JOSE: Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup founded by two prominent former Google researchers, released AI models on Wednesday it said were built using a novel method inspired by evolution, akin to breeding and natural selection.

Sakana AI employed a technique called “model merging” which combines existing AI models to yield a new model, combining it with an approach inspired by evolution, leading to the creation of hundreds of model generations.