NEW YORK PRNewswire/ — Today, Merlyn Mind, an ai company focused on building domain-specific ai platforms and solutions to enhance human productivity, announced the launch of its ai-powered classroom solution, Merlyn Origin. Based on an education-specific large language model (LLM) developed in-house by a team of researchers from leading ai labs, including IBM Research, Amazon Alexa, and Google Brain, Origin helps educators eliminate technological friction and focus on creating powerful learning moments. in the classroom.
Built for the unique classroom workflow, Origin allows teachers to use their voice from anywhere in the classroom to control their learning applications, their computer, and their head-up display. With Origin, teachers can access classroom lessons, generate quick quizzes, and help students find answers in the moment, all with the confidence that they are getting content from an LLM specifically trained in vetted educational content and resources, not of the entire Internet.
In the future, Origin will allow schools and districts to integrate their own content and curriculum into the platform as part of a walled garden approach that allows both teachers and students to harness the capabilities of generative ai in ways safe to encourage curiosity and promote a higher level. thinking during class, which, in turn, enhances the learning experience.
“At a time when there is great opportunity and risk associated with ai, it is critical that we take a domain-specific approach to leveraging ai in teaching and learning.
Educators must be able to confidently employ ai tools designed for use in the classroom, emphasizing their educational and developmental appropriateness,” said Dr. Satya Nitta, Co-Founder and CEO of Merlyn Mind. “Driven by our belief that people collaborating with purpose-built ai can unlock previously unattainable human progress, Origin has been designed as a secure, locally focused, education-focused solution aimed at improving health outcomes.” learning and advance our goal of incorporating the latest. Advances in ai in education.
Unlike most educational ai applications that rely on ChatGPT or other generalist LLMs, Merlyn Mind has created the first LLM designed specifically for the classroom. By combining the power of generative ai for out-of-class teacher preparation and in-class instruction, Origin is the all-in-one ai solution for education. Created to block inappropriate use, protect user data through redaction, and designed to prevent hallucinations, it ensures maximum security and integrity in the educational environment.
About Merlyn Mind
Merlyn Mind is a deep-tech generative ai company that translates the latest advances in ai to improve human productivity. Our first solution is Merlyn, the ai assistant for education. Merlyn integrates seamlessly into classrooms and existing educational technology tools to automate teachers’ daily workflows so they can devote more time and attention to students. Merlyn Mind is backed by visionary investors led by Learn Capital. The company has attracted top talent from IBM Watson, Amazon Alexa, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Broadcom, the Allen Institute for ai and other innovative organizations. Merlyn Mind is based in New York City. For more information visit ai/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>merlynmind.ai
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