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This Week in AI with The Neural
LeCun’s Limits, Claude’s New Powers & AI’s Real-World Roles
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AI Highlights
AI - POINT OF VIEW
Why Can’t AI Make Its Own Discoveries?
Meta’s chief scientist argues that LLMs excel at pattern mimicry but lack genuine reasoning and world models. He proposes JEPA—a predictive architecture designed to learn abstract world representations, potentially enabling AI to form common sense and tackle novel problems.
AI INDUSTRY
Microsoft Preps Azure to Host Grok
Satya Nadella’s Azure AI Foundry is gearing up to serve Elon Musk’s Grok model, signaling Microsoft’s push to diversify beyond OpenAI. Hosting Grok means developers can integrate Musk’s AI directly into Azure-powered apps.
Amazon Nova Premier Tackles Toughest Tasks
Nova Premier on Bedrock decodes long documents, plans multi-step workflows, and distills smaller models for cost-effective speed. Benchmarked across planning, reasoning, and tool use, it’s Amazon’s flagship model for complex enterprise workflows.
DeepSeek-Prover-V2 Powers Formal Theorem Proofs
DeepSeek’s new open-source Prover V2 uses recursive proof search and reinforcement learning to crack Lean 4 theorems. ProverBench benchmarks show state-of-the-art performance, while smaller model sizes enable researchers to explore formal methods on modest hardware.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Beats Pokémon Blue
Sundar Pichai celebrated Gemini 2.5 Pro’s livestreamed conquest of Pokémon Blue—showing off extended context handling and strategic prowess.
Claude Can Now Connect to Your World
Claude’s new Integrations let it tap into your apps via MCP: calendar, documents, and web search. Its advanced research mode scours Google Workspace and the internet to build cited, multi-source reports—making Claude a true digital collaborator.
Alibaba’s Qwen3 Rivals GPT and Grok3
Qwen3’s hybrid thinking mode switches between detailed reasoning and rapid replies. With support for 119 languages and improved agentic tool-calling, its large and small MoE variants push open-weight model performance to new heights.
Live Now: Gemini Plays Pokémon
Twitch’s “Gemini Plays Pokémon” streams AI tackling Pokémon titles in real-time. Catch its next run to see how AI adapts to unpredictable gaming challenges.
AI AROUND US
Build Your Own Robot Arm—Open Source
Hugging Face and TheRobotStudio unveil SO-ARM100: 3D-printable designs, a bill of materials, and step-by-step guides for an improved SO-101 robotic arm. Integrate with the LeRobot library for coding, debugging, and custom hardware add-ons.
Reviving Languages with Virtual Reality & AI
Michael Running Wolf combines AI and VR to safeguard Indigenous tongues. By building community-driven datasets and immersive teaching tools, he tackles unique grammatical structures and ethical data use—empowering tribes to steward their own linguistic heritage.
Pony.ai’s Road to Profitability Accelerates
By slashing self-driving system costs 70%—from $137K to $41K per vehicle—Pony.ai edges toward breakeven. Strategic partnerships with Toyota, BAIC, and GAC, plus three new robotaxi models, set the stage for a 1,000+ vehicle fleet by year-end.
Academy Embraces Generative AI—Officially
The Oscars’ new regulations sanction generative AI in campaigns under strict rules ensuring human creativity stays front and center. From Casting to International Feature Film, nominees must follow updated submission guidelines and AI usage policies.
Bar Exam Scoring Gets an AI-Style Adjustment
California’s CBE lowered the February bar passing score and introduced psychometric imputations for incomplete exams. They’re also exploring provisional licensure and content-map reviews to enhance fairness and accessibility in future administrations.
Humanoid Robot Swarm Masters Factory Tasks
At Zeekr’s smart plant, UBTech’s Walker S1 robots—powered by BrainNet and DeepSeek-R1—collaborated in multi-task training. From assembly to inspection, swarm intelligence enabled seamless coordination. Mass production is imminent as automotive giants place early orders.
‘HOW TO’ WITH AI
Create AI Art Directly in Claude
Anthropic’s MCP repo now hosts EverArt’s server, letting you generate images from any Claude model in-app. Your creations appear instantly under “Create,” streamlining art workflows. Give Claude your wildest prompt and watch it deliver creative visuals without juggling multiple platforms.
AI In Her Voice – AI’s Fast Lane with Hima Patel
The Neural Talks: The Culture Behind High-Impact AI
Hima Patel, Research Manager & Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Research India, joins The Neural Talks to share how she stays ahead in AI’s rapid evolution.
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