Sakana Fugu: Japan's AI Rivals Antropic Amid Export Controls

Japan's Sakana AI has released new technology called "Sakana Fugu." This system combines various AI models to achieve high performance. It comes as export controls impact access to the latest Antropic models, "Fable 5" and "Mitos 5." Sakana Fugu acts like a single model by connecting and using several large language models. It has a pool of both closed and open-source models. The system uses Sakana's "Trinity" technology to select the right model for each task. Sakana Fugu's "Hugu Ultra" version shows performance comparable to Antropic's Fable 5 and Mitos Preview in coding, science, and inference. Sakana AI says this orchestration is crucial due to potential risks from relying on a single AI supplier. This development aims to provide high-level AI capabilities even when access to top models is restricted.