MIT researchers demonstrated something that changes AI governance: models that temporarily rewrite themselves to solve complex problems

Their "test-time training" allows LLMs to update parameters during deployment, achieving sixfold improvements on challenging reasoning tasks. The governance tension? This turns 1-minute queries into 10-minute processes. ⏱️

Critical questions for legal teams: How do we audit models that modify themselves in real-time? What safeguards ensure temporary updates align with risk frameworks? When should organizations deploy resource-intensive reasoning?

Models adapting to complex medical diagnostics, supply chain analysis, or regulatory interpretation could reshape enterprise decision-making—if we build governance structures that match the technology's sophistication. ⚖️

The future isn't just smarter AI—it's AI that knows when to get smarter. That requires governance frameworks as adaptive as the models themselves. 📋

Are your AI oversight processes designed for static models or adaptive systems? This is the moment to move from reactive compliance to proactive governance design. 🚀

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Study could lead to LLMs that are better at complex reasoning

To improve adaptability of large language models to challenging tasks that require reasoning, MIT researchers found strategically applying a method known as test-time training with task-specific examples can boost the accuracy of an LLM more than sixfold.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAdam Zewe | MIT News

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