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09 pieces- 02Engineering
Lor-1 v1.0 is GA
Our in-house clinical model is generally available. What we built, how LorBench gates every release, and which decisions earned their keep — without the spec sheet.
Lorraine Team9 min read - 03Clinical AI
Inside Chat citations
How Lorraine Chat sources, ranks, and displays clinical evidence so a clinician can audit any claim in seconds. A short tour of the retrieval stack and the design decisions behind it.
Lorraine Team6 min read - 04Announcements
Platform API · public beta
REST and streaming access to Lor-1, OpenAI-shaped, with citations as a first-class response field. Access is gated during the beta — here is who it is for and how to apply.
Lorraine Team5 min read - 05Clinical AI
CPD tracking, built in
How Lorraine Chat turns reasoned clinical queries into a structured learning record — why we chose that over a separate CPD product, and what the record explicitly does not promise.
Lorraine Team4 min read - 06Engineering
More capacity made the model worse
A training note. The aggressive adaptation catastrophically forgot parametric clinical knowledge; the conservative one held it. Why we now default to the smallest change that still fits.
Lorraine Team8 min read - 07CMSA Prep
How to use Lorraine to pass the CMSA
Preparing for the CMSA exams is arguably one of the most challenging chapters in a South African doctor's life. We break down how the Lorraine app helps you use the hours you actually have.
Lorraine Team2 min read - 08CMSA Prep
Navigating the CMSA Roadmap
The road to CMSA specialty certification is paved with rigorous study and high stakes. Today, we break down why structure is your greatest asset in conquering the curriculum.
Lorraine Team2 min read - 09Technology
How Lorraine Is Using AI to Reshape Medical Learning
Lorraine is building AI into the core of how South African doctors learn, practise, and prepare—focusing on clinical relevance, local guidelines, and tools that sharpen reasoning rather than replace it.
Lorraine Team7 min read - 10Announcements
Introducing Lorraine: A New Chapter in South African Medical Education
Lorraine launches as the CMSA-focused learning platform built for South African doctors, with local-first content and spaced-repetition study.
Lorraine Team6 min read
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