←Back to NewsAI News/ReasoningpaperReasoningImageGoogle's Tiny 10K-Parameter Neural Cellular Automata Beats Bigger AI on Maze ReasoningA Google team shows tiny grids of locally-connected cells can solve Sudoku, mazes, and ARC-AGI through emergent, visible reasoning dynamics.SourceAlphaSignalPublishedSep 28, 2026, 6:59 PMAuthorAlphaSignal NewsroomRead1 min readA Google team shows tiny grids of locally-connected cells can solve Sudoku, mazes, and ARC-AGI through emergent, visible reasoning dynamics.Reporting is indexed from AlphaSignal. Rights remain with the original publisher and cited sources.Read original report ↗Next readsAlphaSignal · paperSenseTime's Looped-DiT Beats a 1.7B Model Using Just 260M ParametersAlphaSignal · modelCloudflare's Clef Beats Rivals With 38ms Typed Decisions for AI AgentsArtificial Analysis · newsAlibaba's Qwen-Image-2.1 Tops Two Open-Weight Image Leaderboards
