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The Who's Who of AI

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New AI field signal Signal 7h ago

nikkei.com

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

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“日経新聞による、グーグルディープマインド東京を率いる全炳河(Heiga Zen)氏の素晴らしい特集記事。2018年、Heigaさんと2人でGoogle Brain東京チームを立ち上げた日々を懐かしく思います。当時は時差の厳しい深夜の会議をこなしながら、日本のAI研究の存在感を示すために必死でした。現在、彼がGDM Tokyoを率い、私が Sakana AI を起業して、東京のAIエコシステムがここまで大きく成長したことを本当に嬉しく思います! www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...”

New Models & releases Release 7h ago
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Sakana AI chat product launch

Sakana Chat

3 directory members surfaced this signal.

3 experts 1 community 2 sources clustered
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
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Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“Here is a quick 60-second summary of vibe-coding in Sakana Chat: • An interactive math game for kids • A fully cited market research report • A Bank of Japan interest rate analysis • A vessel monitor for the Strait of Hormuz Use it for free: https://t.co/FC…”

Building & implementation

1 expert

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“We just pushed a big update to Sakana Chat Free to use: chat.sakana.ai A big motivation for this release is getting people in Japan, especially kids, excited about software development. Vibe-coding turns Kanji & Math drills during the summer break into fun …”

Established Agents & robotics Release 3d ago
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Sakana smart cellular bricks research

Smart Cellular Bricks: Towards Collective Intelligence for the Physical World

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How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing research & technical analysis.
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Research & technical analysis

2 experts

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“From simulation to 197 physical bricks with 100% accuracy, this is a step toward machines that build and heal themselves. Our blog post: sakana.ai/smart-cellul... Nature Communications paper: www.doi.org/10.1038/s414...”

Established AI field signal Signal 6d ago
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Augmented Lagrangian Predictive Coding: training 1000-layer networks without backpropagation

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“Deep learning relies on backprop, but the brain can't implement it exactly. How can physical systems solve multilayer credit assignment? We draw on distributed optimization and NeuroAI, where predictive coding uses local error dynamics, but credit signals s…”

Developing AI field signal Signal 2d ago

Sakana AI

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“• Smart Cellular Bricks: How can physical systems achieve collective intelligence and self-repair without a central brain? We hope that this encourages other researchers to also explore different paradigms, and take a leap of faith with us. “Greatness canno…”

Established AI field signal Signal 6d ago

Augmented Lagrangian Predictive Coding

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“PC-ALM propagates credit to arbitrary depth, even in deep narrow nets where standard PC fails. We want to understand how the brain computes credit locally, and aid neuromorphic hardware where dynamics are cheaper than GPUs. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2605.31022 C…”

Established Culture, work & education Signal 3d ago

Smart cellular bricks for decentralized shape classification and damage recovery - Nature Communications

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“From simulation to 197 physical bricks with 100% accuracy, this is a step toward machines that build and heal themselves. Our blog post: sakana.ai/smart-cellul... Nature Communications paper: www.doi.org/10.1038/s414...”

Established Culture, work & education Signal 3d ago

Smart cellular bricks for decentralized shape classification and damage recovery - Nature Communications

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“From simulation to 197 physical bricks with 100% accuracy, this is a step toward machines that build and heal themselves. Our blog post: sakana.ai/smart-cellul... Nature Communications paper: www.doi.org/10.1038/s414...”