Unlike other AI firms that aim to replace individuals, Unanimous AI links people together, building superintelligent systems that preserve human knowledge, wisdom, values, and sensibilities in every key decision. Their mission is to keep humans in the loop.

/PRNewswire/ -- Unanimous AI today announced it has secured its 40th patent for technologies created in the drive toward Collective Superintelligence. The company's advances allow networked human groups to interact in real time at massive scale (known as hyper-communication) while achieving peak efficiency and boosted collective intelligence.

The newest patent, US 12,675,772, titled "Scalable Methods and Systems for AI-Facilitated Video-Conferencing Among Large Conversational Human Groups," protects an innovative system called Hypervideo AI that tackles a core challenge in communication and business teamwork: real-time meetings fail to scale. Hypervideo tools let groups of any size, from dozens to thousands, take part in real-time discussions that stay thoughtful and effective while greatly boosting team intelligence (see short video).

Studies indicate that sessions on platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Google Meet work well for groups of roughly six or fewer, yet conversations break down beyond that point and lose value around 10 participants. With the average Fortune 1000 firm employing over 30,000 staff, this creates a major barrier. Research on Collective Intelligence further shows that tapping the expertise and views of large teams yields strong gains. Unanimous AI has overcome these limits by supporting real-time meetings at any scale, leading to sharper decisions, better forecasts, and quicker team consensus.

The firm's methods have been confirmed in dozens of academic studies demonstrating that networked teams achieve stronger decisions, more precise forecasts, deeper solutions, and richer creative sessions. Additional findings reveal participants feel more collaborative, more valued, and more committed. A 2024 study found that Unanimous AI's Hyperchat AI technology markedly raised the collective IQ of collaborating groups, allowing networked teams to reach an IQ score of 128 (97th percentile) on standard intelligence tests.

Helping large networked teams refine discussion and lift group intelligence supports many vital uses in business and government settings. For instance, Unanimous AI recently won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to embed its core Hyperchat AI technology into Microsoft Teams, allowing distributed Air Force participants to work together more effectively on critical evaluations, assessments, and choices.

To deliver scalable meetings to organizations worldwide, Unanimous AI recently introduced the first hyper-communication platform, Thinkscape. It lets teams of up to 250 people conduct thoughtful real-time exchanges via text, voice, or video and swiftly align on refined outcomes. Covering brainstorming, forecasting, prioritization, and problem solving, Thinkscape serves teams at major organizations from the U.S. Air Force to Fortune 500 companies.

To illustrate the technology's strength, a demonstration was run for VentureBeat on July 4 in which 250 Americans joined Unanimous AI's Thinkscape platform and were asked to discuss America's greatest contributions to the world over the past 250 years. In under twenty minutes, this large group generated over 90 ideas, weighed their value, ranked their impact, and settled on the top three answers (see VentureBeat for results).

Unanimous AI was established in 2014 with a distinct aim: to create a safer route to superintelligence that keeps humans central. As described by founder Dr. Louis Rosenberg in his well-known 2017 TED talk, "New Hope for Humans in an AI World," artificial superintelligence carries major risks for humanity. A safer approach is Collective Superintelligence, where humans deliberate together at unlimited scale alongside AI agents, forming a hybrid superintelligence that keeps human wisdom, values, interests, and sensibilities at the core of decisions.

"While most AI companies focus on replacing human abilities, we have spent the last decade working to capture and boost the insights of human groups in pursuit of Collective Superintelligence. Our aim is to ensure human values, wisdom, sensibilities, and interests stay central to organizational decision-making at every level," says Dr. Louis Rosenberg, CEO and Chief Scientist of Unanimous AI.

For more details on the technology of Collective Superintelligence, please visit unanimous.ai.

Key Takeaways:

Unanimous AI was awarded its 40th patent for technologies related to Collective Superintelligence, a humans-first approach to AI that connects large human teams and amplifies their collective intelligence.

The company recently launched a commercial platform called Thinkscape that enables large enterprise teams (up to 250 people) to hold productive real-time meetings. Research shows that Thinkscape enables large teams to make significantly more accurate and efficient decisions, assessments, and forecasts.

Unanimous AI was recently awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force to incorporate its AI technologies into Microsoft Teams, thereby enabling large-scale deliberations through the popular Teams platform.

About Unanimous AI:

Unanimous AI builds hyper-communication technologies that make human groups significantly smarter. The company is the creator of Swarm AI, Hyperchat AI and Hypervideo AI technologies as well as the Swarm and Thinkscape collaboration platforms. For more information on Unanimous AI's technology, platforms, and the pursuit of Collective Superintelligence, visit unanimous.ai.

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