A quantum software firm just built Europe's highest-scoring AI model.
Spain's Multiverse Computing released Quasar 438B on 2 September, its first large model. The independent benchmarker Artificial Analysis scored it 43, against 30 for Mistral Medium 3.5. It runs in English and Spanish through the company's CompactifAI interface.
Why it mattersEurope's answer in AI has been Mistral alone, and a compression specialist just passed it. A firm that shrinks other people's models can now build its own.
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