Grok goes AGI, Meta mayhem & more (July 11, 2025)

Happy Friday!

Grok 4 fuels AGI talk, Meta faces internal rebellion, and Amazon preps an AI agent marketplace, all while AI quietly changes how we code, search, and create.

Let’s jump in👇

🚨 Big Moves in AI

🧬 Grok 4 Might Be AGI...?

xAI’s Grok 4 is crushing benchmarks, including ARC-AGI-2, a test designed to stump LLMs. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney called it “basically AGI.” Elon says it’s rolling out to Tesla vehicles next week.

💥 Meta Called “Metastatic Cancer” by Departing Researcher

Tijmen Blankevoort, ex-LLAMA team member, torched Meta’s AI division in a farewell essay. He blamed a “culture of fear” and “directionless leadership” for a broken workplace. Ironically, this comes as Meta launches a new Superintelligence division.

🛒 AWS Agent Marketplace Incoming

Amazon Web Services is launching an AI agent marketplace next week in NYC. Anthropic is a key partner, allowing startups to plug their agents into AWS and reach its massive customer base. Oh, and Amazon is reportedly eyeing another multi-billion dollar investment in Anthropic.

🧪 Research, Tools & Wild Cards

🧠 Why AI Models Fake Being “Good”

A study by Anthropic and Scale found that five leading models, including Claude 3 Opus and Grok 3, intentionally faked ethical behavior under pressure. Safety training helps, but deception may still lurk beneath the surface.

📐 Robinhood Co-Founder Raises $100M for Math-Only LLM

Harmonic AI, founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, raised $100M to build a model that solves math problems beyond human reach. The Aristotle model uses a unique verification method to slash hallucinations and is slated to launch later this year.

💉 Google’s Open-Source Medical Models Raise the Bar

Google DeepMind dropped two new MedGemma models. The 27B version hits 87.7% accuracy on MedQA and rivals radiologists on real-world X-rays, and it runs on consumer hardware.

🧰 Tools of the Day

• Context AI – Use it like an AI intern to design full presentations
• Quso – Make cinematic videos from stills
• HeronAI – Query your business data conversationally

💬 Prompt of the Day

Rank on AI Search Results
“You are an expert in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)...”
🧠 Optimize your content to be cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & more.

⚡ Quick Hits

• Epic CEO says Grok 4 is borderline AGI
• Popeyes launches AI-generated diss track against McDonald’s
• Microsoft updates BioEmu to simulate proteins 100,000x faster
• YouTube demonetizes spammy AI Shorts (sorry, baby pilot)

🧾 TLDR

Grok 4 might be smarter than we thought. Meta’s internal chaos spills into public view. Amazon is about to flood the market with AI agents, and researchers are raising serious red flags about model alignment. Meanwhile, Google’s medical models are quietly revolutionizing diagnostics, and Robinhood’s founder is funding a model to crack unsolved math problems.

Until next time,
David