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April 2, 2026
AVIC Jonhon Restructures Liquid Cooling for AI
AVIC Jonhon will adjust its liquid cooling division in early 2026 to focus on civilian business amid surging data center and AI computing demand. The new unit handles full value chain from R&D to marketing. Defense liquid cooling spins off to a new ring control department.
DigClaw Raises Angel Funding for Talent Hunt
DigClaw, targeting top geniuses before company registration, secured angel funding from Zhongke Chuangxing and Zhongguancun Capital. The firm maps decision chains behind enterprises, not just names. This funds early AI talent scouting.
DeskClaw Integrates Seedance 2.0 for Videos
NoDesk AI's DeskClaw releases a new version integrating Seedance 2.0, becoming the first Claw product for e-commerce workflows. Users upload product images and a description to auto-generate short videos with storyboards, voiceovers, and scene transitions.
OpenClaw Launches ByteDance-Backed China Mirror
OpenClaw announced an official China mirror for ClawHub on April 1, enabling faster and more stable skill searches for Chinese users. The localized site is built atop ClawHub with infrastructure support from ByteDance.
IPA Tackles LLM Data Drought with Data Spaces
IPA predicts 2026 as 'data depletion year one' for LLM training due to high-quality data shortages. They released deliverables to enable 'data spaces' for seamless data sharing across borders and organizations. This targets untapped enterprise data to fuel AI progress.
Google AI Pro Storage Jumps to 5TB, Price Unchanged
Google has boosted the storage of its Google One Google AI Pro plan (¥2,900/month) from 2TB to 5TB without a price increase. In the US, additions include Workspace AI agents, Gmail AI proofreading, Chrome auto-browsing, and free Google Home Premium access.
Son Wants SoftBank #1 in AI Revolution via OpenAI Bets
SoftBank Group's AI investments, including over ¥10 trillion in OpenAI, Arm, and data centers, are starting to bear fruit. CEO Masayoshi Son expressed ambition for SoftBank to become a central player in the AI revolution and global economy.
Sanity Checks for Junior AI Researchers
This article shares the most common advice for junior researchers: performing quick sanity checks to avoid wasting time on flawed ideas. It covers checking for biases, basic data correlations, summary statistics, and examining typical examples/outliers in LLM experiments like tool calls and reasoning chains. Examples include Tower of Hanoi failures and hidden task mentions in weaker models.
Quick Sanity Checks: Top AI Research Advice
Author advises junior AI researchers to perform quick sanity checks to avoid wasting time on flawed ideas, such as verifying data biases, correlations, and summary statistics. Examples include checking LLM outputs for phrases like 'hidden task', tool call success rates, and reasoning chain lengths. Examining typical dataset examples helps identify if failures stem from capability gaps or other issues.
Arc Pro B70 AI Inference 80% Over B60
Intel Arc Pro B70 GPU achieves 80% higher AI inference performance than B60 in MLPerf v6.0 benchmarks. 4x B70 setup (128GB VRAM) excels on 120B LLMs and Llama models with Xeon 6. Software upgrades boost existing B60 by 18%.
X Square Robot Aims for Mars with Embodied AI
At EAIDC 2026 in Shenzhen, X Square Robot CEO Wang Qian outlined the company's push toward scalable embodied AI. He predicts general-purpose robots will operate in extreme environments like Mars.
Ant DTClaw AI Agent Beta Begins
Ant Digital Technology's DTClaw has started internal testing. This professional AI agent targets financial experts, wealth advisors, and data specialists with 24/7 exclusive online services.
Apollo Go Glitch Halts Taxis in Wuhan Jam
On March 31 at 20:57, multiple Apollo Go robotaxis suddenly stopped on Wuhan's major roads and expressways, triggering severe traffic delays. No injuries occurred, but the incident raises safety concerns. Wuhan police issued a report with preliminary investigation underway.
Qwen 3.6B Q2-Q8 Quant Benchmarks
A Reddit user benchmarked quantized versions of Qwen 3.6B from Q2 to Q8. Results are shared for local LLM enthusiasts. Posted by /u/PraxisOG on r/LocalLLaMA.
Claude Code Python Hits 100K Stars Fastest
A heavily modified Python version of Claude Code has become the fastest GitHub repo to reach 100,000 stars. Users are urged to clone and cherish it before it's potentially restricted. The hype signals xAI's Grok Code release is imminent.
Zhipu & MiniMax Post-IPO Earnings Show AI Progress
Zhipu AI and MiniMax reported their first earnings since early January IPOs, revealing early signs of sustainable AI model commercialization per analysts. Investors continue boosting their Hong Kong stocks despite widening losses. This offers a glimpse into the business models of the nascent global AI industry.
Stanford CS25 Transformers Course Opens
Stanford CS25 Transformers seminar opens to all, starting tomorrow with live lectures on Zoom and in-person at 4:30pm PDT Thursdays. Features top speakers like Andrej Karpathy, Geoffrey Hinton, and experts from OpenAI, Anthropic. Includes recordings, global YouTube views, and 6000+ Discord community.
Post-00s PhD's Bionic Flapping Robot Raises Millions
Shenzhen Eagle Eye Intelligent Wing completed angel funding led by Qigao Capital. Consumer drone 'Dante' heads to Kickstarter Q2 with acrobatic flight. Team develops RL-trained fluid simulation engine for advanced bionic robots.
AI Music Dodges Jay Chou Copyright
In the AI era, Shuishui Music finds ways to bypass copyright issues around Jay Chou. This strategy hints at the twilight of traditional copyright empires in music.
Douyin Restructures for SME Focus
Douyin Life Services underwent a major org restructure, splitting into online teams for large merchants (GMV > RMB50k/month) and offline regional teams for SMEs (< RMB50k). The shift prioritizes ground penetration for small stores to boost supply, redemption rates, and compete with Meituan. 2025 GMV hit 8600亿, targeting 1.3万亿 in 2026 to surpass Meituan.