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LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (April 3, 2025 edition)

David Pawlan

David Pawlan

Co-Founder

Apr 3, 2025
LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (LLMs clear the Turing Test & more (April 3, 2025 edition)

Hey friends,​

Today’s AI news hits a little different—turns out the Turing test isn’t just theory anymore. We’ve got LLMs out-humaning humans, Meta bringing AI to the UFC, Claude going to college and the government, and Genspark unleashing a new super-agent that makes Manus look like a warm-up act.

​Let’s get into it!

👇​🔥 Big Story: LLMs Have Officially Passed the Turing Test

Researchers at UC San Diego confirmed that GPT-4.5 fooled judges 73% of the time in casual conversations, officially passing Alan Turing’s legendary test for machine intelligence.​In some cases, the AI outperformed actual humans.​

With AI agents rapidly advancing in text, audio, and video, we may soon live in a world where we can’t tell who—or what—we’re talking to​.​

Humanoid AI with a face blending human and machine features

🎓 Claude Goes to School & the State

Anthropic’s new Claude for Education helps students develop critical thinking with a Socratic-style “Learning Mode.” They’ve already partnered with Northeastern and LSE​Rundown.​

On the government side, Claude is now FedRAMP High and IL-2 compliant, making it available to U.S. federal agencies​.​

🕶️ Meta + UFC = AI Octagon Takeover

Meta and UFC announced a multi-year partnership to bring immersive VR and AI features into UFC events. Meta Quest will power fan experiences, Threads becomes the official social partner, and Meta’s branding hits the Octagon​.

📞 Agents Just Got Superpowered

Genspark launched a general-purpose AI agent that smashes performance records, handling tasks like making calls and booking restaurants without any user input​.

​Meanwhile, a second startup by General Agents debuted a “real-time computer autopilot” that uses your mouse and keyboard to book things like Airbnbs—no APIs required.

🌍 AGI on the Horizon

Google DeepMind released a 145-page safety plan that predicts AGI—AI with human-level skills—could arrive by 2030. It flags major risks like “deceptive alignment” and critiques rivals like OpenAI for focusing too much on automating alignment and not enough on misuse​.​

⚙️ Productivity Tools of the Day

  • Lindy – AI assistant for meetings, research, and outreach
  • Findr – Unified search across your bookmarks, notes, and docs
  • ModelMatch – Compare vision models, no code needed
  • Focal – Make your own AI-generated TV show
  • MoCha – Create cinematic AI characters from speech & text​

🧠 Prompt of the Day

📚 Book Summarizer:

“Summarize the book [Book Title] in an engaging, easy-to-digest format. Highlight key insights, actionable lessons, quotes, and real-world applications. Suggest a few related reads too.”

💡 Quick Hits

That's it for today!​

If you made it this far, you’re exactly the type of person I love building with. Reply if you want to jam on any of today’s stories or if something cool is happening in your world—I’d love to hear it.​

Till tomorrow,

—David​

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