“2025 is the Year of the Agent” — everyone. But once you sweep away the hype, what actually changed? Here’s the condensed field report—from someone working in the field much before any "LLM" came to exist: 1. We (potentially) hit the prediction ceiling. Pre-training gains
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AGI Agents Expected to Achieve Human-Level Capabilities by 2030
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Honestly, before 2030, I am hoping to see real AGI agents – capable of doing what a smart person can do, for hours, days, months… from programming tasks to being a CEO, or a researcher.
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AI Reduces Big Tech and Startup Hiring of New Graduates
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L’IA pique les jobs tech, et les jeunes diplômés trinquent En 2024, les grandes boîtes tech ont embauché 25 % de jeunes diplômés en moins qu’en 2023. Les startups ont aussi réduit la voilure : –11 %. Par contre, elles misent davantage sur des profils expérimentés. Logique :
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AI advancement rivals entire digital revolution next decade
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It fascinates me that RIGHT NOW – this exact moment – we're living through the most transformative decade in human history. The last 5 years saw AI advance more than computing did in its first 50 years. The next 10 years could rival the entire digital revolution from 1950
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Sonnet pricing analysis: caching benefits versus marginal costs
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I certainly wouldn't say it's clearly worth the extra cost, at least. (Especially since I use caching a lot, which is a 90% discount for Sonnet.)
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Sony Aibo Robots: 25 Years Too Early for Market Success
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Sony released their aibo robots 25 years too early.
— Aaron Ng (@localghost) 31 mai 2025
No amount of money or engineering can fix wrong timing. pic.twitter.com/CO1feUgmz1Sony released their aibo robots 25 years too early. No amount of money or engineering can fix wrong timing.
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Modular Memory: OpenAI Adoption Risk and Competitive Differentiation
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OpenAI is unlikely to make a first move here in making memory modular, but plenty of incentives for others to lead this approach (eg to differentiate from OpenAI’s closed approach), and if successful can get OpenAI etc to adopt (kind of like MCP). IMPO
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AI Pressure Mounts on European Bankers to Adapt or Leave
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L’IA met la pression sur les banquiers européens Imaginez chaque banquier en Europe sommé de maîtriser l’IA… ou de prendre la porte. En Norvège, le PDG du gigantesque fonds souverain Norges (2 000 milliards de dollars) a été clair : ceux qui ignorent l’IA peuvent oublier
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Veo 3 Demand Surges Millions of Videos Generated Unavailable Europe
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Nouveau post du PDG de Google Deepmind après la sortie de VEO 3. Dispo au royaume uni. Et bien sur devinez quoi. Toujours pas dispo en Europe. Quelle surprise. Traduction : La demande pour Veo 3 a explosé ! Des millions de vidéos ont été générées ces derniers jours, et le
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Indian AI Startups Join Prestigious Paris Accelerator Programme
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10 Cutting-Edge Indian Startups Selected for Prestigious AI Accelerator Programme in Paris . @OfficialINDIAai 's Partnership with Station F and top business school HEC Paris Marks New Chapter in Innovation Diplomacy: Union Minister Shri @AshwiniVaishnaw Read more here: