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March 26, 2026
Wenjie M7 Upgrades to 896-Line LiDAR
2026 Wenjie M7 adds optional 896-line dual LiDAR, 4x better perception than 192-line. Early buyers can't upgrade pre-March 23 orders, sparking protests. Exposes smart car rapid iteration pitfalls.
SOUS Raises €4M for Food AI Platform
Amsterdam startup SOUS, founded in 2022, raised €4M seed to build an AI platform for independent food and beverage operators. It handles customer discovery, direct ordering, and retention. Round led by seed + speed Ventures with PeakBridge, āltitude, and Gekko Capital participating.
NVIDIA Puzzle-Optimized 88B LLM
NVIDIA's gpt-oss-puzzle-88B, derived from gpt-oss-120b via Puzzle NAS, cuts params to 88B while boosting throughput 1.63x in long-context on 8x H100. It matches parent accuracy with MoE architecture tweaks for H100 inference. Optimized for reasoning workloads.
Altman & Amodei Go on Record in AI Doc
'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist' features Sam Altman and Dario Amodei. The film attempts to cover extensive AI ground, resulting in confusion over clarity. Still, certain sections prove fascinating.
Pony AI Profits, Targets 20-City Robotaxi Launch
Pony AI achieved its first profitable quarter, fueled by gains from an early investment rather than robotaxi operations. The company plans to launch robotaxi services in 20 cities.
Army Uses Private Funds for Base AI Data Centers
The US Army selected initial companies to construct data centers on military bases. This initiative meets surging demands for AI computing power using private capital.
ARC-AGI-3 Resets Frontier AI Scoreboard
ARC-AGI-3, the latest iteration of the AGI benchmark, has reset the leaderboards for frontier AI models. This update challenges systems on abstraction and reasoning with novel tasks. A side note mentions tools for creating branded reaction GIFs in company Slack.
Team Group Launches 14.2GB/s T-CREATE H514 SSD
Team Group announced the T-CREATE CLASSIC H514 M.2 NVMe SSD with a 6nm controller and high-quality 3D NAND, delivering sequential read/write speeds of 14.2GB/s and 13.3GB/s. It features low latencies of 0.05ms read and 0.015ms write, available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities. Options include ultra-thin graphene or aluminum heatsinks for creators.
Chip Trio Battles for Cabin-Drive Dominance
Qualcomm, Horizon Robotics, and Black Sesame compete fiercely in China's cabin-driving integration chip market, aiming for single-chip solutions handling smart cockpits and ADAS. The 2026 Beijing Auto Show will debut their schemes amid consumer backlash over underperforming chips. Partnerships with OEMs like BYD, Ideal, and Dongfeng signal rapid scaling.
KDD Cup China Track Launches with 6M+ Prizes
KDD Cup launches its first China algorithm track, backed by Tencent with over 6 million RMB in prizes. It opens both academic and social tracks simultaneously. Participants can compete in data mining challenges.
Kingsoft Cloud Sets Up Qingyang Network Firm
Qingyang Kingsoft Cloud Network Technology Ltd. newly established with 100M RMB capital. Fully owned by Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Network Tech. Business scope covers internet data services, cloud equipment sales, system integration.
AI Job Hype Masks Autonomy Crisis
Boao Forum spotlights AI job replacement fears, but experts warn against unproven hype extrapolating from coding to all work. Benchmarks show AI matching humans in 40-50% tasks, yet real concern is eroding worker autonomy. Programmers feel reduced to AI 'nannies' validating outputs, losing agency and meaning.
Huang Declares AGI Achieved, Rejects Successors
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asserts AGI exists via AI agents creating massive economic value autonomously. Outlines four AI scaling phases culminating in 'agent expansion' as next iPhone moment. Stresses extreme co-design of AI factories and human traits like empathy as future moats.
Uber Launches Europe’s First Robotaxi
Uber partners with China's Pony AI and Croatia's Verne to launch Europe's first commercial robotaxi service. Vehicles are being tested in Zagreb and will integrate into Uber's ride-hailing network. This strategy helps Uber adapt to the rise of autonomous vehicles.
Pony AI, Uber Test Robotaxis in Croatia
Pony AI and Uber have begun testing driverless cars in Zagreb, Croatia. This expands their partnership from the Middle East into Europe. The move marks Pony AI's push into the European market.
Tars AWE 3.0 Sets Robot Assembly Record
Tars Robotics unveiled AWE 3.0 embodied AI model. Its A1 robot completed over 100 cycles of sub-millimeter flexible assembly in one hour. This set a Guinness World Record for precision.
Sand.ai Open-Sources 15B AV Stack
Sand.ai open-sourced its 15B-parameter audio-video generation model. It also released a distributed attention module and unified compilation framework. All shared on GitHub over three days.
Inverse Matrix Raises $10M for World Models
Peking University-founded startup Inverse Matrix Technology has raised over $10 million. The funding targets development of world models integrating reinforcement learning. The flagship model is planned for release in 2026.
Google TurboQuant Cuts AI Memory 6x
Google's TurboQuant reduces AI memory usage by 6 times, causing SanDisk and Micron stocks to drop. The piece analyzes software-hardware dynamics behind it. This may drive multimodal AI scaling in enterprise and consumer sectors.
Qoder Launches Multi-Agent Experts Mode
Alibaba's AI coding tool Qoder has introduced Experts Mode. This multi-agent system deploys specialized AI engineers for collaborative software building. It delivers 67% performance gains over single-agent systems on complex tasks.