LeCun’s VL-JEPA & Liquid AI’s 3B RL Model Redefine Efficiency in AI
New AI Models and Releases
Yann LeCun Introduces VL-JEPA: A Breakthrough in Vision-Language Models
VL-JEPA is a non-generative vision-language model that outperforms traditional multimodal LLMs in efficiency and performance, particularly in real-time tasks like video streaming. It excels in classification, retrieval, and VQA tasks with a unified architecture.
Google’s Nano Banana 2 Flash Model Spotted on Flowith
Google is preparing to launch the Nano Banana Pro (Flash) model, designed to enhance image generation capabilities. The model is already listed in Flowith’s selection menu, indicating an imminent release.
MiniMax-M2.1 Released: Open-Source Model for Full-Stack Development
MiniMax-M2.1 is a state-of-the-art AI model optimized for high-throughput workflows, excelling in multiple programming languages and full-stack development (web/mobile). It achieves top performance on coding and review benchmarks.
Liquid AI’s LFM2-2.6B: Strongest 3B Model via Pure Reinforcement Learning
Liquid AI released an experimental checkpoint of LFM2-2.6B, trained using pure RL, making it the strongest 3B model available. It outperforms larger models like DeepSeek R1-0528 in instruction following, knowledge, and math benchmarks.
AI Tools and Services
OpenAI Launches Prompt Packs for Professional Use Cases
OpenAI released tailored Prompt Packs for various job roles, offering specialized prompts to maximize ChatGPT’s utility in professional settings like marketing, engineering, and customer support.