Can LRMs Think?

June 13, 2025 Issue: Can AI truly reason? Apple’s new study sparks debate. This issue covers our AI intern opening, agentic AI guides, and major June drops: Claude 4, DGM, FLUX.1

Apple’s researchers recently published a paper ‘The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity’ that has caused ripples across the AI community. The researchers designed controlled puzzle environments like Tower of Hanoi and River Crossing to assess how Large Reasoning Models …