# Yann LeCun Slams Meta AI and LLMs as "Dead End"

An episode of [AI Chat: AI News on Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1669990482), 5 Jan 2026, 8:25.

Audio: https://content.rss.com/episodes/365073/2440619/ai-chat-podcast/2026_01_08_18_55_47_f8a45506-8ed7-4f34-b57a-3939c1e9086b.mp3

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