{
  "id": 15656855,
  "title": "Maxwell gives sub-optimal code a runtime glow-up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/maxwell-gives-sub-optimal-code-a-runtime-glow-up-15656855",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T19:57:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/19/maxwell-gives-sub-optimal-code-a-runtime-glow-up/5303961"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Maxwell, a code execution model developed by Tel Aviv-based startup DoubleAI, optimizes and rewrites binary code during runtime. Named after James Clerk Maxwell's Demon, the concept behind Maxwell is to maximize performance on available hardware while the program is executing. The model provides more flexibility than a just-in-time compiler and validates the equivalence of replacement code. While a JIT compiler cannot change algorithms and must make deterministic and correct changes, Maxwell can and does, thanks to its frontier AI capabilities. Maxwell analyzes actual hardware, data shapes, and types during runtime, allowing it to specialize in ways compilers cannot. The model has demonstrated substantial speed improvements, with data pipelines becoming 38x faster and AI inference kernels 4.5x faster. Maxwell can also enhance code security by eliminating issues like memory errors through formal proofs. The runtime installation is lightweight, requiring trust in the doubleAI-hosted Maxwell model.",
  "summary": "Finally, your hardware has its own agent",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Maxwell gives sub-optimal code a runtime glow-up",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/maxwell-gives-sub-optimal-code-a-runtime-glow-up",
        "published": "2026-10-19T19:57:49.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}