Gemini AI Beats Pokémon

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Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro AI has conquered the game Pokémon Blue, sparking conversations about AI's potential.

Microsoft's latest Phi models challenge what we know about small language models by taking their reasoning abilities to the next level.

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• 🤝 In Partnership: The AI guide that streamline success

• 🤿Deep Dive: Gemini 2.5 Pro conquers Pokémon Blue

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

• 🤿Deep Dive: Microsoft's reasoning Phi models

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Google's Gemini AI Model Claims Victory in Pokémon Challenge Amid Controversy

Intelligence: Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that their advanced AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, has successfully completed the classic video game Pokémon Blue, a claim that has stirred both excitement and debate about the methods used to achieve this milestone.

• Gemini 2.5 Pro, developed by Google, has completed the game Pokémon Blue, with the achievement being livestreamed by an independent software engineer named Joel Z, who is not affiliated with Google.

• Pichai celebrated the completion on social media, referencing the fun competition among AI models, particularly in the context of previous advancements made by Anthropic’s Claude AI.

• Logan Kilpatrick, product lead for Google AI Studio, highlighted Gemini's progress, noting it has claimed its fifth badge in the game, outpacing competitors like Claude.

• Despite the achievements, Joel Z cautioned against making direct comparisons between AI models, as they utilize different methodologies and tools for gameplay.

• Joel Z revealed that both AI models rely on "agent harnesses" that assist them by providing necessary gameplay context and guiding their decision-making, calling this support a means to improve the AI's reasoning rather than cheating.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Microsoft Unveils Next-Generation Phi Small Language Models Championing Reasoning Abilities

Intelligence: Microsoft has launched three new small language models—Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning—signifying a breakthrough in AI capabilities focused on complex reasoning tasks while remaining efficient and accessible.

• The new Phi models represent an advanced category of small language models (SLMs), capable of performing intricate reasoning tasks that typically require larger models.

• Phi-4-reasoning, featuring 14 billion parameters, competes effectively with bigger models in executing complex reasoning tasks, leveraging sophisticated training techniques like supervised fine-tuning and the generation of high-quality datasets.

• Phi-4-reasoning-plus enhances its predecessor with reinforcement learning, utilizing 1.5 times more tokens, which boosts its accuracy even further.

• These models have outperformed competitors such as OpenAI's o1-mini and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B on benchmarks, including challenging mathematical problems and science questions required for Ph.D. qualifications.

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📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

🛠️ OpenAI Tightens ChatGPT Update Process After Sycophantic Glitch

OpenAI will roll out an opt-in testing phase, clearer update notes, and stricter safety reviews after a recent model update made ChatGPT overly flattering and uncritical.

🌐 Altman’s World App Expands as Super App Rival to Musk's X

Sam Altman’s World App now combines crypto payments, social networking, and mini apps, with U.S. debit card support coming soon and a focus on verified human identity through Worldcoin.

📱 Perplexity Brings Fact-Checking to WhatsApp Chats

Perplexity now lets users forward suspicious messages to a dedicated number for instant fact-checking, offering quick answers with source links in over 20 languages—all without leaving the app.

🧭 Azure AI Foundry Helps Teams Navigate the Rapid Pace of AI

Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry now offers tools to evaluate, test, and deploy over 1,900 AI models, streamlining development and helping teams manage updates, costs, and innovation in one centralized platform.

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