Big Ears by artist Joe Halko City of BendLate last month, the city of Bend, Oregon, went viral after someone begansticking googly eyes onto public sculptures around town. Many residents saw the googly eyes as a funny diversion, but city officials were less amused. Writing on social media, they reminded residents that removing the googly eyes costs money and that the adhesives could damage the citys public art.Differing opinions aside, the identity of the so-called googly eye bandit was always a mysteryuntil now.A man named Jeff Keith has come forward to take responsibility for some of the unofficial adornments. Keith is the founder of a nonprofit that fights against human trafficking, and the googly-eye gag provided some much-needed levity amid all the heavy stuff he sees at work, as he tells theAssociated Press Claire Rush. Jeff Keith, a nonprofit founder, says he's behind some of the googly-eye pranks in Bend. Guardian GroupKeith launched the Bend-based organization, called Guardian Group, in 2010 and currently serves as its CEO. The 53-year-old has lived in Bend, a city with around 100,000 residents, for nearly 20 years.Keith says he used duct tape to affix googly eyes to two art installations in Bend in early December: one depicting a family of deer called Big Ears by Joe Halko, and a sculpture of a man sitting on a bench calledThe Traveler by Richard Beyer.Hes not taking credit for all of the googly eyesjust some of themand says that he doesnt know who else was inspired by his initial prank. After he learned that the googly eyes had potentially caused damage, he went to the citys offices to come clean.He says he offered to cover the costs of removing the googly eyes, but he tells theNew York Times Simon J. Levien he never heard back.Meanwhile, city officials sent a statement to theOregonians Carlos Fuentes. Keith says he affixed googly eyes to two sculptures in Bend, includingThe Traveler by Richard Beyer. Guardian GroupThe city staff is focused on city operations, wildfire preparedness, council goals and budget development, wrote Jacob Larsen, a spokesperson for the city. Our understanding is that a community member may be interested in recognizing the impact of the googly eyes, but we are not pursuing anything at this time nor are city staff in direct conversations with him.This isnt Keiths first attention-grabbing prank. Every three or four months, when hes finished with his work for the day, he dons an old-man mask and heads out on the town, reports theWashington Posts Jonathan Edwards. While moonlighting as the Banksy of Bend, he tries to do things he thinks will make people smile.In the past, hes also attached leis and hula skirts to some of the citys public sculptures. He also dressed up some figures in wigs and bell bottoms, then added a disco ballfashioned out of a Mylar balloonto the scene, per the Washington Post.Keith also hung up a fake sign announcing that the fast food restaurant In-N-Out Burger was coming to Bend. That 2019 prankalso made headlines, with the company denouncing the sign as a hoax.He pulled a similar fake sign prank announcing the opening of a Voodoo Doughnut, a popular Portland-based donut chain, according to the Oregonian. He says he also attached a cardboard cutout of the late actor Chris Farley to a pole in a roundabout.I spend 50 bucks a month on my pranks, Keith tells the Times. Its about 10 cents a smile because I know how many people hit our roundabout. Its worth it.In December, the googly eyes appeared on eight sculptures in Bends Roundabout Art Route, a path linking 27 art installations in the middle of traffic circles. At the time, city authorities told theTimes Emmett Lindner that theyd spent $1,500 removing the googly eyes. However, they said they were not conducting an investigation or looking for the people responsible.Meanwhile... Oregon's Controversial Googly Eyes | Drain Pipe Cat | Krispy Kreme HackedWatch on While the googly eyes placed on the various art pieces around town might give you a chuckle, it costs money to remove them with care to not damage the art, city officials wrote in anInstagram post.The googly eyes even got a mention on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.Authorities are upset after someone put googly eyes on various sculptures in the city, Colbert said. Oh, come on, youre gonna get mad about that? Its fun.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: Art, Art Crimes, Arts, Cities, Government, Sculpture, Statues

One of the first-ever images of the Mount Lyell shrew in California Vishal Subramanyan California Academy of SciencesHigh up in the Sierra Nevada, the tiny Mount Lyell shrew has been shying away from cameras since it was first identified almost 100 years ago. Despite being a documented species, it was the only known mammal in California that had never been photographed.That is, until three young researchers ventured into the mountains with a plan.To catch the shifty shrew on film for the first time, Vishal Subramanyan, Prakrit Jain and Harper Forbes planned a three-day expedition. Subramanyan, who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, last year, is a wildlife photographer. Jain and Forbes, undergraduate students at UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, respectively, made headlines in 2022 for discovering two new scorpion species. After receiving permits from Californias Department of Fish and Wildlife, the trio headed to the Eastern Sierra. They set up 150 pitfall traps near stream and wetland habitats and checked in on them every two hours. The Mount Lyell shrew Vishal Subramanyan California Academy of SciencesThe team planned to stake out to catch the rodents, never sleeping for too long, because the animals have such fast metabolisms that they die quickly without foodand the students didnt want to leave the shrews stranded in the traps. They got set up, then they waited.I would love to say we spent three days waiting, and the shrew finally appeared at the last second, says Subramanyan to Astrid Kane at the San Francisco Standard. But we got the Mount Lyell within the first two hours.It just shows that its generally an underappreciated species in an underappreciated ecosystem, that people havent spent the time and been able to actually bring dedicated focus to the shrews, he adds to Issy Ronald at CNN.To photograph the shrews, the team had to work quickly. They continued to trap more of the rodents, following their planned sleep schedule during the nights, when temperatures dropped to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. The researchers set up a white background and a terrarium for the imaging. You trap some shrews, you photograph them, you release them, and by that time there are more shrews. So it was pretty nonstop, Subramanyan says to SFGATEs Timothy Karoff.The animals run around a lotand bitemaking it especially hard to get good photos of them. For every photo that we got in focus, we must have 10 or 20 photos where the shrew is running out of the frame, says Jain to Sabrina Imbler at Defector.They took tissue samples from the animals for genetic testing at the California Academy of Sciences to confirm theyd caught the right shrew. The team also trapped three other species of shrew: the vagrant shrew, montane shrew and Merriams shrew. The Mount Lyell shrew Vishal Subramanyan California Academy of SciencesThe students hope their work will increase public recognition for shrews and other less charismatic animals. Many, many species of shrew are known from only a single specimen, or only known from a single locality, or have not been seen in decades, says Jain to Katharine Gammon at the Guardian. So if we struggle to find a shrew in a place like Californiaone of the best studied places in the worldyou can only imagine how the shrew diversity of places like southeast Asia and central Africa, for instance, can just be so under-appreciated.Mount Lyell shrews are also extremely threatened by climate change89 percent of the rodents habitat is projected to be lost by the 2080s, according to a statement from the University of California, Berkeley.While the state does not consider the shrew to be endangered, its listed as a mammal species of special concern. Observing and documenting the animals alive for the first time will help scientists better understand them.If we look at the extinction crisis and the types of animals its impacting, a lot of animals are disappearing without any documentation, Subramanyan says to the Guardian. An animal like the Mount Lyell shrew, if it was not photographed or researched, could have just quietly disappeared due to climate change, and wed have no idea about it at all.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: Animals, California, Climate Change, Conservation, Cool Finds, Discoveries, Mammals, Mountains, Nature Photography, Rodents and Shrews, World Records

Kukouri Mobile "moves away from game development"CEO says "difficult decision was made to close down all game operations"Image credit: Kukouri Mobile Entertainment News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on Jan. 30, 2025 Kukouri Mobile Entertainment is "moving away from game development".As reported by PocketGamer.biz, Kukouri has sold its IPs Pixel Worlds and Tiny Troopers to Social First, with CEO Petri Piipari acknowledging that Pixel Worlds has not been a commercially viable product for some time"."With the only active Tiny Troopers game being licensed to an outside publisher and developer, the difficult decision was made to close down all game operations," Piipari said.A notice on the official website now simply reads: "Notice: This website has been shut down. Thanks for all the years".Social First, however, said the decision to take on Kukouri's portfolio was "an easy one".We are continuing to develop Nexus Station with our early community, many of whom are Pixel Worlds veterans, and acquiring the IPs from Kukouri does not change our development in any way," said Social First CEO and founder, Kim Soares."We wanted to secure the IPs from Kukouri as they are legacies of many of our team members.Pixel Worlds had one of the best online communities I have ever seen in my career of 25 years in game development. We really hope to see that community come together again in Nexus Station."

Playground Games' Forza Horizon 5 is coming to the PlayStation 5 this spring, courtesy of Panic Button.This makes Xbox's racing sim its first major, full-on franchise to be ported over to Sony's console. Previously, Microsoft released the non-franchise Sea of Thieves, Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, and Grounded on the PS5 and Nintendo Switch. Indiana Jones & the Great Circle is also slated to come to PlayStation in the next few months.Forza Horizon 5's PS5 version is said to have cross-play and the same content as its Xbox and PC equivalents, and previously released DLC will be available to buy. A free content update called Horizon Realms will also be available for all platforms, and will let players "explore a curated collection of some of the communitys favorite previously released Evolving Worlds, alongside some other surprises.""We look forward to welcoming new players to the Horizon Festival," concluded Playground Games.Why Forza coming to PlayStation mattersBringing Forza Horizon 5 benefits both Microsoft and Sony in various ways. Recent financial reports show Xbox hardware revenue continues to decline, and boss Phil Spencer has frequently said the company has no reason to have full-on hardware exclusive games anymore.This port also gets around the series' tradition of delisting entries after a few years: Forza Horizon 4 was taken offline in 2024 after its 2018 release, and Horizon 5 is likely not far behind, since it came out in 2021. Jumping over to PlayStation may extend its life by another couple of years, even if the Xbox and PC versions end up getting separately delisted first.As for PlayStation, it gets another high-profile racing sim in its library. Its own exclusive equivalent is Gran Turismo, whose main installments tend to have extensive gaps between them. With one current Gran Turismo game already delisted, Forza Horizon 5 provides another racer to tide players over until Polyphony Digital puts out another game.

Justin Carter, Contributing EditorJanuary 30, 20252 Min ReadImage via the VGHF.At a GlanceThe VGHF Library is only in Early Access, but it comes with a lot of material for researchers and developers to pore through.The Video Game History Foundation (VHGF)'s digital archive of video game research has launched in Early Access. It's free to access digitally anywhere in the world, and intended for "anyone who wants to study video game history."In its announcement, the preservation organization said its library contains game development materials from artwork to press kits and promotional material. It also includes out-of-print magazines, both enthusiast press (think GamePro or EGM) and publications "rarely available to the public."Guidebooks from various video game events are featured, including searchable directories and maps for E3's first 12 years. There's also a digital archive portal which has "the powerful search and navigation features that video game historians have asked us for.""We work with the game development community to preserve design documents, artwork...and other unique items from behind the scenes of game production," wrote the VGHF. "Now were opening these resources for you, and you can discover for yourself how games were made and sold."However, there are some caveats: because it doesn't own or have express permission to everything it's been provided with, the VGHF said it "cannot give express permission" for users to reproduce materials in the library, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Researchers may be exempt under fair use cases, the rules of which can be read here.Also, games cannot be played within the archive, as the VGHF largely "does not collect retail games and does not have plans to provide them to researchers." United States' copyright restrictions further prevent it from sharing digital access to out-of-print games with researchers, which it still hopes to change.The push to preserve games historyIn recent years, the VGHF and other organizations have stressed the importance of preserving the game industry's history, as much of its past is in danger of being permanently lost to time. Last year, GOG committed to keep older and delisted Windows games updated for current PC technology, and user interface artist Edd Coates relaunched a free repository for designers to look at interface art for games.Conversely, the Electronic Software Association (ESA) has argued that publishers will handle the act of archiving games themselves, which some (like Ubisoft) admittedly have, but only for specific titles."Many" items within the VGHF's library were said to be donated or digitized by other members of the game preservation community, such as Retromags or private collectors who donated what they had to the Foundation. The organization affirmed it's "in this for the long haul," and will add more features and materials to the library in the future.Developers interested in donating their own materials can contact the here, and its catalog has more information on material that hasn't been digitally archived yet.Read more about:Game preservationAbout the AuthorJustin CarterContributing Editor, GameDeveloper.comA Kansas City, MO native, Justin Carter has written for numerous sites including IGN, Polygon, and SyFy Wire. In addition to Game Developer, his writing can be found at io9 over on Gizmodo. Don't ask him about how much gum he's had, because the answer will be more than he's willing to admit.See more from Justin CarterDaily news, dev blogs, and stories from Game Developer straight to your inboxStay UpdatedYou May Also Like

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed sales figures for the companys Ray-Ban smart glasses for the first time, telling employees that over 1 million units were sold in 2024. In remarks during an all-hands meeting seen by The Verge, Zuckerberg posed a question to staff about whether sales would go from 1 million to as much as 5 million units in 2025.I think one of the questions for us is, are we going to go from 1 million this year to 2 million? Are we going to go from 1 million to 5 million? Zuckerberg said. Since the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses first launched in 2023, they have gradually added new features, such as multimodal AI to process what youre seeing, hearing, and reading, along with live AI and translations.We basically invented the category and our competitors havent really shown up yet, Zuckerberg said during the meeting. I think well probably start seeing some of that maybe a little later this year, maybe next year, but we just have this wide open field right now to run and basically introduce as many people as possible to Meta AI glasses and we should take that opportunity.Meta declined to comment for this story.Meta is expected to take an …Read the full story at The Verge.

As has become an annual tradition, Apple just reported blockbuster earnings for the companys most recent holiday quarter. Today Apple is reporting our best quarter ever, with revenue of $124.3 billion, up four percent from a year ago, CEO Tim Cook said in a press release. Revenue was up nearly across the board for the companys Mac, iPad, and services divisions.But the numbers show a slight dip in year-over-year iPhone revenue, seemingly confirming that Apple Intelligence isnt doing much to drive iPhone sales. The same goes for that new Camera Control button, I suppose. Cook tried to dismiss the notion that Apple Intelligence isnt compelling people to upgrade in an interview with CNBC. During the December quarter, we saw that in markets where we had rolled out Apple intelligence, that the year-over-year performance on the iPhone 16 family was stronger than those markets where we had not rolled out Apple intelligence, he said.The standard iPhone 16 models are a particularly excellent value this year, which isnt always the case. So that could also factor into the slightly lower revenue if fewer people are opting for the Pro variants.Apple has taken a cautious approach in rolling out its AI-powered features, having only just turned them on by default with this weeks release of iOS 18.3. Cook again confirmed that Apple Intelligence will become available in more languages in April. So far, the tools are convenient and helpful, but not game changing. And those promised improvements to Siri cant come soon enough.This tends to be Apples most crucial quarter of the year for two reasons. It includes the all-important holiday shopping season, and since the iPhone 16 lineup was on sale for the entire three-month duration, this is our best indication yet of demand for Apples latest phones. The company also released several new Macs near the end of last year including a redesigned, much smaller Mac Mini and refreshed MacBook Pros. Revenue for Apples wearables business, which includes the Apple Watch and AirPods, was also slightly down compared to the year-ago quarter.

The critical issue of restricted access to high-quality reasoning datasets has limited open-source AI-driven logical and mathematical reasoning advancements. While proprietary models have leveraged structured reasoning demonstrations to enhance performance, these datasets and methodologies remain closed, restricting independent research and innovation. The lack of open, scalable reasoning datasets has created a bottleneck for AI development.Over recent years, models such as SkyT1, STILL-2, and DeepSeek-R1 have demonstrated that a relatively small set of high-quality reasoning demonstrations on hundreds of thousands can substantially enhance a models ability to perform complex logical and mathematical reasoning tasks. Still, most reasoning datasets and the methodologies behind their creation remain proprietary, limiting access to crucial resources necessary for further exploration in the field.The Open Thoughts initiative, led by Bespoke Labs and the DataComp community from Stanford, UC Berkeley, UT Austin, UW, UCLA, UNC, TRI, and LAION, is an ambitious open-source project aiming to curate and develop high-quality reasoning datasets to address the above concerns with the availability of datasets. This project seeks to establish the best open reasoning datasets to enhance language models cognitive capabilities. The team aims to provide publicly available, state-of-the-art reasoning datasets and data generation strategies. In this effort, they have released the OpenThoughts-114k reasoning dataset and the associated OpenThinker-7B model. Lets look into the details of both of them one by one.Image SourceThe OpenThoughts-114k Dataset: A New Standard in Open Reasoning DataThis dataset was designed to provide a large-scale, high-quality corpus of reasoning demonstrations to improve language models reasoning abilities. OpenThoughts-114k is an extension of previous datasets like Bespoke-Stratos-17k, which only contained 17,000 examples. By scaling up to 114,000 reasoning examples, this dataset has improved performance on various reasoning benchmarks. OpenThoughts-114k was generated using reasoning distillation techniques inspired by DeepSeek-R1, which showed that synthetic reasoning demonstrations could be produced efficiently and at scale. This dataset incorporates diverse reasoning challenges, ranging from mathematical problem-solving to logical deduction, thereby serving as a valuable resource for improving model robustness across multiple reasoning domains.OpenThinker-7B: A Model for Advanced ReasoningAlongside the release of OpenThoughts-114k, the Open Thoughts team also introduced OpenThinker-7B, a fine-tuned version of Qwen-2.5-7B-Instruct. This model was trained specifically on OpenThoughts-114k and substantially improved over its predecessors. Over 20 hours, it was trained using four 8xH100 nodes. It was trained using the Transformers 4.46.1 library and PyTorch 2.3.0 to ensure compatibility with widely used ML frameworks.In some reasoning tasks, OpenThinker-7B outperforms comparable models such as Bespoke-Stratos-7B, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B, and even GPT-4o. Benchmarked using Evalchemy, it demonstrated impressive results on datasets such as AIME24: 43.3%, MATH500: 83.0%, GPQA-D: 42.4%, LCB Easy: 75.3%, and LCB Medium: 28.6%. These results indicate that OpenThinker-7B is a formidable open-source alternative to proprietary reasoning models.Image SourceFully Open-Source: Weights, Data, and CodeA defining feature of the Open Thoughts project is its commitment to full transparency. Unlike proprietary models such as GPT-4o and o1-mini, which keep their datasets and training methodologies closed, OpenThinker-7B and OpenThoughts-114k are entirely open-source. This means:Open Model Weights: The OpenThinker-7B model weights are publicly accessible, allowing researchers and developers to fine-tune and build upon the model.Open Data: The OpenThoughts-114k dataset is freely available for anyone to use, modify, and expand.Open Code: The data generation, evaluation, and training code for OpenThinker-7B are all hosted on GitHub, ensuring complete transparency and reproducibility.The Open Thoughts project is only in its early stages, with plans for further expansion. Some potential future directions include:Future iterations of OpenThoughts could incorporate millions of reasoning examples, covering a broader spectrum of cognitive challenges.OpenThinker-7B is an excellent starting point, but larger models fine-tuned on even more data could further push the boundaries of reasoning capabilities.Encouraging more researchers, engineers, and AI enthusiasts to contribute to dataset creation, model training, and evaluation methodologies.In conclusion, Open Thoughts represents a transformative effort to democratize AI reasoning. By launching OpenThoughts-114k and OpenThinker-7B as open-source resources, the project empowers the AI community with high-quality data and models to advance reasoning research. With continued collaboration and expansion, Open Thoughts has the potential to redefine how AI approaches logical, mathematical, and cognitive reasoning tasks.Sourceshttps://github.com/open-thoughts/open-thoughtshttps://huggingface.co/datasets/open-thoughts/OpenThoughts-114khttps://huggingface.co/open-thoughts/OpenThinker-7Bhttps://www.open-thoughts.ai/blog/launchWe are announcing Open Thoughts, our large-scale open-source effort to curate the best open reasoning datasets!DeepSeek-R1 is amazing but we still don't have access to high-quality open reasoning datasets. These datasets are crucial if you want to build your reasoning models! pic.twitter.com/2kU6z8zDdT Mahesh Sathiamoorthy (@madiator) January 28, 2025Also,dont forget to follow us onTwitter and join ourTelegram Channel andLinkedIn Group. Dont Forget to join our70k+ ML SubReddit. 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Yandex, a global tech company, develops and open-sources Perforator, an innovative tool for continuous real-time monitoring and analysis of servers and applications.Perforator helps developers identify the most resource-intensive sections of code and provides detailed statistics for subsequent optimization. By identifying code inefficiencies and supporting profile-guided optimization, Perforator delivers accurate data that enables businesses to manually optimize their applications and reduce infrastructure costs by up to 20%. Depending on company size, this could translate to millions or even billions saved annually.Perforator helps businesses get the most out of their servers without sacrificing performance, said Sergey Skvortsov, a senior developer at Yandex who leads the team behind the tool. Using Perforator, businesses can optimize their code, reduce server load, and ultimately lower energy and equipment costs.Why use Perforator?Resource optimization is crucial for large data centers, big tech corporations, as well as small businesses and startups with limited resources. Instead of investing in additional equipment, companies can leverage Perforator to optimize their existing infrastructure without sacrificing performance. The tool has already been used for profiling in many Yandex services for over a year, and now it is accessible to companies, developers, and researchers worldwide.Companies can deploy Perforator on their own servers, minimizing reliance on external cloud providers while maintaining full control over their data. This makes Perforator a strong fit for organizations with stringent data security requirements operating within closed infrastructures.Perforator can benefit companies of all sizes, from small businesses with 10-100 servers, which can save millions of dollars per year, to larger enterprises with thousands of servers and more, where savings can reach hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars annually Sergey Skvortsov noted. Regardless of your company size, Perforator can help you reduce infrastructure costs, freeing up resources for further innovation and growth.How Perforator worksPerforator provides detailed insights into server resource usage and analyzes the impact of code on performance, highlighting which applications consume the most system resources. Perforator uses eBPF technology to run small programs within the Linux kernel in a way that is safe and does not slow down the system. eBPF allows for improved monitoring, security, and performance optimization without changing the source code.Perforator supports native programming languages such as C, C++, Go, Rust, Python, and Java. The solution enables in-depth analytics and data visualization with flame graphs, making problem diagnostics much more manageable.An example of a flame graph generated by PerforatorPerforator has been battle-tested in Yandexs demanding environment for over a year and provides a wide range of features that make it a reliable and versatile solution for monitoring and optimizing server performance, Sergey Skvortsov added.One of Perforators key advantages is its support for profile-guided optimization (PGO), which automatically accelerates C++ programs by up to 10%. Additionally, Perforator is designed to run seamlessly on individual computers, making it accessible not only to large businesses but also to startups and tech enthusiasts. Furthermore, Perforator offers essential features tailored for large organizations, including A/B testing capabilities that help make better-informed decisions.Open-source solution for developers and businessesThe decision to make Perforator open source reflects Yandexs commitment to fostering community collaboration in developing system technologies.We believe that open-sourcing such fundamental system technologies helps drive tech innovation worldwide. Sergey Skvortsov.We aim for our technologies to benefit the world and provide value to both developers and businesses. Additionally, the openness of the technology enables us to make decisions regarding the development of the profiling infrastructure together with the community.Whats next?In the near future, Perforator will be enhanced with additional capabilities, including improved integration with Python and Java and more precise analysis of events.Perforators source code is now available on GitHub, alongside other Yandex open-source solutions, such as YaFSDP, a tool designed to accelerate the training of large language models.Perforator is the latest addition to Yandexs collection of open-source tools. You can view all of the companys open-source projects, including YaFSDP, AQLM, YTsaurus, and more, on this page.Yandex is a global technology company that builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Its goal is to help consumers and businesses better navigate the online and offline world. Since 1997, Yandex has delivered world-class, locally relevant search and information services and developed market-leading on-demand transportation services, navigation products, and other mobile applications for millions of consumers worldwide.Key Takeaways:Yandex introduces Perforator, a tool that can identify and evaluate code inefficiencies across a companys entire code base.Perforator helps developers identify the most resource-intensive sections of code and provides detailed statistics for subsequent optimization.The solution can help businesses reduce CPU resource usage by 20% annually.By leveraging Perforator, companies can potentially save millions or even billions, depending on company size, and allocate resources for further innovation and growth.Perforator can be accessed for free on GitHub.Note: Thanks tothe Yandex teamfor the thought leadership/ Resources for this article.Yandex team has supported and sponsored this content/article. 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AI Isnt Hitting A Wall. Here Is Why 1 like January 30, 2025Share this postAuthor(s): Rafe Brena, Ph.D. Originally published on Towards AI. What does DeepSeek have to do with it?This member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium.Image by the author with ChatGPTOpinions about the future of AI couldnt be more divided. Ive found all sorts of positions, from the overly optimistic, who think that it will achieve the AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) status in a matter of months, to the AI deniers who think Generative AI is just an expensive flop.Paul Pallaghy argues that o3 is beyond human but Will Lockett says, AI Has Officially Hit A Dead End.Who is right?We must examine the specific arguments to determine whos got it right.In this post, Ill focus on the analysis of arguments supporting that AI is hitting a wall; Ive already taken on the over-optimistic fantasies about superhuman AI capabilities in several articles, like The Human-level Performance of GPT-4.So, lets take a look at the arguments for claiming that AIs hitting a wall.Ill take, as an example, the arguments presented in the Medium post Why AIs Growth Will Hit A Wall Very Very Soon by Jano le Roux. I like that he presents his arguments upfront and then tries to substantiate each instead of throwing random negative opinions all over the place.The arguments provided by le Read the full blog for free on Medium.Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming asponsor. Published via Towards AITowards AI - Medium Share this post