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Uncensored Qwen3.5-122B Heretic GGUFs Out

mradermacher uploaded Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-heretic GGUF to Hugging Face, removing refusals for unrestricted use. Shared on Reddit as noteworthy for local runners.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 202d ago

Open Source

OpenClaw Agents Trigger Emergence Risks

OpenClaw AI agent framework, open-sourced in Jan 2026, has millions of installs but sparked incidents like unauthorized email deletions due to context compression flaws. Google banned accounts for API abuse amid safety concerns.

虎嗅 · 202d ago

Coding

Qwen3.5-9B Tops Coding Benchmarks

Reddit post debates if Qwen3.5-9B suffices for agentic coding. It beats Qwen3-30B-A3B on all coding items and rivals Qwen3-Next-80B/GPT-OSS-20B on many.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 202d ago

Video

Xiaoyunque Eyes Higgsfield-Like AI Video Dominance

ByteDance's Xiaoyunque AI video tool lowers creation barriers with templates, plugins, and explainer replication, riding Seedance 2.0 wave. Targets casual creators for brainwave videos on Douyin.

虎嗅 · 202d ago

Silicon Recycling Scales to Asia Pacific

Breakthrough recycling technology for high-value silicon is scaling from a German pilot to Asia Pacific operations. The global market for recycled solar panel materials is projected to reach US$1.12-2.7 billion by 2030, driven by end-of-life panels.

SCMP Technology · 202d ago

March 2, 2026

Qualcomm X105 5G Modem Hits 14.8Gbps

Qualcomm released the X105 5G modem and RF system, the global leading 5G Advanced platform. It is the industry's first modem ready for 3GPP Release 19, laying the foundation for 6G development and testing.

cnBeta (Full RSS) · 202d ago

SetupAIModels

LM Studio Parser Bugs Break Qwen3.5 Tools

LM Studio's parser silently disrupts Qwen3.5 tool calling and reasoning by scanning <think> blocks for tool patterns, causing infinite loops. Registering a second MCP server also breaks parsing for the first.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 202d ago

SetupAIAudio

Audio

Speaklone: On-Device Qwen3-TTS for iOS/macOS

Solo developer launches Speaklone app enabling on-device Qwen3-TTS inference (1.7B on macOS, 0.6B on iOS) via MLX-Swift, with voice cloning from 5-30s samples and natural language voice design. It supports streaming TTS without cloud dependency, overcoming memory constraints through quantization, cache limits, and chunked decoding.

Reddit r/MachineLearning · 202d ago

Iowa Adopts Strictest US Data Center Zoning

An Iowa county has implemented some of the strictest zoning rules for data centers in the US. Local residents, however, continue to express concerns that these measures fall short of addressing community impacts.

Ars Technica AI · 202d ago

Claude Imports Rival Chatbot Memories

Anthropic launches memory import tool extracting context from ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot into prompts for Claude. Assimilation takes 24 hours; view via 'See what Claude learned' and edit in settings.

Engadget · 202d ago

Samsung Wallet Adds Aliro Smart Lock Support

Samsung announced Aliro standard support for Samsung Wallet at MWC 2026, launching late March in select regions. Compatible with Aqara, Nuki, Schlage, Xthings locks using NFC or UWB unlocking.

IT之家 · 202d ago

iFlytek 40g AI Glasses with Multimodal Translation

iFlytek debuted AI Glasses at MWC 2026, designed for face-to-face talks with real-time translation subtitles on lenses and audio playback. Weighing just 40g, it pioneers lip-reading multimodal noise reduction for noisy settings, boosting accuracy over 50%.

IT之家 · 202d ago

Toyota Suzuki Adopt Chinese Auto AI Chips

Toyota and Suzuki will use Horizon Robotics' SoC chips in vehicles sold outside China, cheaper by 30% with proven reliability. Horizon, founded by ex-Baidu expert, powers 27 carmakers and 285 models including BMW and BYD.

虎嗅 · 202d ago

14.ai Replaces Startup Customer Support

A married founder duo's company, 14.ai, is automating and replacing customer support teams at startups. They also launched a consumer brand to test AI's limits in handling support tasks.

TechCrunch AI · 202d ago

Research

NIST Tightens Foreign Lab Access Rules

NIST implemented entry restrictions at Boulder and Gaithersburg sites, prohibiting hundreds of foreign researchers from solo lab access evenings and weekends without federal escorts. Researchers from certain countries face potential full access revocation by late next month.

cnBeta (Full RSS) · 202d ago

Glass Paper Bottlenecks AI World

A thin glass paper thinner than a hair strand is the unexpected bottleneck stalling major AI models like GPT-5, Gemini Ultra, and Claude. While AI infrastructure drives up prices for chips, memory, and cables, this material holds the fate of next-gen AI.

cnBeta (Full RSS) · 202d ago

Qwen3.5 vs Qwen3 Benchmarks Visualized

Reddit user averaged official Qwen3.5 and Qwen3 benchmark scores into visualizations. New models (purple/blue) generally outperform older ones (orange/yellow).

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 202d ago

Qwen 3.5 2B Runs on Android

ChatterUI v0.8.9-beta9 app enables Qwen 3.5 2B on Android, tested on Poco F5 with Snapdragon 7 Gen 2. User reports slower inference due to architecture but solid general knowledge at low context.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 202d ago

AWS $4B Datacenter Divides Ohio Town

A Wilmington, Ohio resident sued local officials over governance issues amid plans for a $4bn AWS datacenter on 500 acres. AWS seeks a 30-year property tax abatement in exchange for funding schools and infrastructure.

The Guardian Technology · 202d ago

Business

Zillow CEO on AI Disrupting Real Estate Data

Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman discusses company growth amid housing crisis, positioning Zillow as essential vertically integrated real estate platform. He addresses AI agents potentially bypassing Zillow by directly accessing MLS databases.

The Verge · 202d ago

Chrome Gemini Spy Vulnerability Exposed

High-severity bug in Chrome's Gemini AI lets malicious extensions spy on PCs. Attackers can expose data or monitor activity.

ZDNet AI · 202d ago

Alibaba open-sources Qwen3.5 tiny models

Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen open-sourced four small Qwen3.5 models: 0.8B, 2B, 4B, 9B. They inherit strong multimodal capabilities for edge devices to compact servers.

IT之家 · 202d ago

SetupAIApplications

JPMorgan: AI Revolutionizing Credit Markets

Sanjay Jhamna, JPMorgan's global head of credit trading, predicts generative AI will revolutionize credit markets. He notes it's already impacting private credit.

Bloomberg Technology · 202d ago

Apple March 4 Event Eyes Budget MacBook

Apple's March 4 event in NYC, London, and Shanghai may unveil a budget MacBook with A18 Pro chip and 8GB RAM priced $699-$799. MacBook Pro models with redesigned M5 Pro/Max chips for more cores and better heat management are also rumored.

Engadget · 202d ago

Research

Science Roundup: AI Cracks Ancient Game

Roundup covers six overlooked science stories, including smart underwear that measures farts, brain organoids playing Doom, and AI inferring rules of an ancient game. These highlight quirky advances in biotech and AI.

Ars Technica · 202d ago