A quick overview of interesting AI News for the Yate and Sodbury U3A's monthly AI News meeting held on July 10th 2025 (meetings are second Thursday of month, 1400-1545, St John's Church Centre, Wickwar Road, Chipping Sodbury, UK - all welcome). Note that this is very much a summary to act as background as the topics are discussed in detail at the meeting itself. We also discuss and demonstrate other AI products and services and much more.
This was in the early hours of 10th July 2025 (in the UK). All of the indications are that this was a landmark moment both because of the excellent benchmark performances and the rapid rate of progress by this team.
🚨 Elon Musk on Grok 4:
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) July 10, 2025
"This is the smartest AI in the world. It is really remarkable to see the advancement of artificial intelligence, how quickly it is evolving. I sometimes think, compare it to the growth of a human and how fast a human learns and gains conscious awareness… pic.twitter.com/JCeOT1ATnO
This is a well respected and very large set of questions across all disciplines. Some say that no human could score over 5%.
Humanity's Last Exam pic.twitter.com/tdKcfrFnJs
— Eric Jiang (@veggie_eric) July 10, 2025
One of these is not like the others @Grok pic.twitter.com/FqB90CoEE9
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 10, 2025
The xAI team deserves a lot of respect for what they’re building pic.twitter.com/AqzA1lbixb
— Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) July 10, 2025
A great example that shows a typical teething problem for 'Robotaxi' competitor Waymo
🇺🇸 WAYMO ASKS TREE TO BACK UP IN LA
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 9, 2025
Self-driving car politely requests sidewalk vegetation move aside: "Hey there, I am planning to move, but need more space... Can you back up please?"
Trees still haven't responded.pic.twitter.com/3HXfc6yVES https://t.co/A7heFHWXnH
OpenAI have also announced that they will launch a browser. Essentially the idea is that the browser becomes the only interface you need, rather than Apps.
Browse at the speed of thought. pic.twitter.com/vDqWr3r0kO
— Comet (@PerplexityComet) July 9, 2025
🇨🇳CHINA’S ALREADY LIVING IN THE FUTURE
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 9, 2025
Shenzhen isn’t a tech hub - it’s China’s launchpad for the future.
Robot couriers, cashless everything, AI woven into daily life like Wi-Fi.
While everyone else talks next-gen, China’s on version 3.0. pic.twitter.com/rxXeEyr65D