Pavel Durov says his brother is building a “real AI”

In a recent interview, Pavel Durov mentioned that his brother, Nikolai Durov, is working on something pretty wild — a new kind of AI that can actually understand the world and think logically. Not just predict the next word like today’s LLMs. It won’t be based on the usual stuff — different architecture, different training approach.

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And considering Nikolai built the core of VK, Telegram, and TON, this sounds like more than just a side project. If he’s serious about it, this could be something big.