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June 29 2026 - AI Fails, Tiny Models Win, and Co-Worker BotsAI Fails, Tiny Models Win, and Co-Worker Bots

Podcast: The AI Signal & The AI Noise
Published: Jun 29, 2026
Duration seconds: 619
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A 500-day CEO-Bench finds most AI startup agents going bankrupt while simple rules often outperform them. Tiny models like VibeThinker-3B and Liquid AI’s 230M LFM2 run on-device and rival giants. Researchers urge persistent, trustworthy AI that acts like a real coworker with safety guardrails.