Perplexity’s Creator Push

AND: Centaur AI Imitates Cognition

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Ready for your daily dose of AI chaos? I’ve rounded up Today’s Top AI Headlines for those who like to stay ahead – and for the curious, I’ve got some eyebrow-raising stories Beyond the Headlines. Let’s dive in.

In a Nutshell:

  • Perplexity Unveils Creator Max

  • Sakana Builds Cooperative AI Agents

  • Baidu Boosts Video Generation

  • Microsoft Unveils Diagnostic AI

  • Centaur Imitates Human Cognition

🚀Today’s Top AI Headlines:

  1. Perplexity Launches Creator Plan: Perplexity introduced a $200/month Max plan granting creators unlimited access to Labs apps, dashboards, and web tools plus early access to the Comet browser and models like o3-pro and Claude Opus 4. This move positions Perplexity as a full-stack AI platform tailored for developers and researchers seeking experimental freedom, model variety, and utility without usage limits. The plan targets high-intensity AI use cases.
    Source: Tech Crunch

    🤖 Robi: "Perplexity went from answer engine to AI playground with a cover charge."

  2. Sakana Enables Model Teamwork: Sakana AI’s new AB-MCTS algorithm enables collaboration between models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek, outperforming solo performance. The open-source TreeQuest framework lets developers build custom multi-agent systems. It simulates decision-making as a branching search refined by different model inputs. This breakthrough may redefine model-to-model interaction favoring teamwork over scale for superior results.
    Source: Sakana AI

    🤖 Robi: "AI models now doing group projects with fewer tantrums than humans."

  3. Baidu Debuts MuseSteamer Model: Baidu launched MuseSteamer, a multimodal model that generates synchronized 10-second video clips with visuals, sound, and spoken dialogue. Alongside it, Baidu also open-sourced Ernie LLM, rivaling DeepSeek’s R1. These moves highlight China’s expanding influence in generative AI, especially in video. Analysts see it as both a tech leap and an open-source power play.
    Source: Business Recorder

    🤖 Robi: "China’s AI isn’t just catching up, it’s lip-syncing and open-sourcing on beat."

🔍Beyond the Headlines:

  1. Microsoft Unveils Diagnostic AI: Microsoft’s MAI-DxO outperformed doctors and rival AI models in medical diagnosis, achieving 85.5% accuracy on 304 complex NEJM cases. OpenAI’s o3 came second with 78.6%. Human doctors averaged just 19.9% under the same conditions. Led by Mustafa Suleyman, the project also proved 20% cheaper than physician-based evaluation. The system signals a major leap in AI-assisted diagnostics for real-world healthcare use.
    Source: TechRepublic

    🤖 Robi: "Doctors: 19%. Microsoft: 85%. Time to let Clippy take your pulse."

  2. Centaur AI Imitates Cognition: Helmholtz Munich’s Centaur model mimics human decision-making by generalizing patterns across 160 psychology experiments. Unlike rule-based systems, Centaur behaves like a virtual cognitive lab—capable of simulating learning, memory, and bias under test conditions. Researchers say it’s a major step toward more scalable, explainable behavioral simulations in psychology and decision science.
    Source: Nature

    🤖 Robi: "Finally, an AI that forgets things and overthinks just like us!"

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Your blueprint should include: (1) influencer identification and vetting processes aligned with brand values, (2) partnership structures including compensation models and content guidelines, (3) campaign planning and content creation workflows, (4) relationship management systems for long-term partnerships, (5) performance tracking and ROI measurement methods, and (6) success metrics including engagement rates, brand awareness, and sales attribution. The program must be scalable and budget-conscious for various business sizes.

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