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April 5, 2026
Qingming: Internet Products First to Fall
This Qingming special reviews internet products that failed first in the past year. Their collapses signal not just business losses but a brutal AI-driven reshuffle on efficiency and survival. AI tide accelerates product淘汰.
AWOL Vision Secures $14M Funding, $20M Crowdfunded
High-end projector brand AWOL Vision completed nearly RMB 100M Series B funding for laser tech R&D and family AI entertainment platform. New Aetherion projector raised nearly $20M on Kickstarter, totaling over RMB 200M in crowdfunding with Valerion. Focuses on AI-driven personalization and immersive home experiences.
UK Teachers: AI Erodes Student Thinking
A survey of 9000 English secondary teachers reveals two-thirds observe declining critical thinking due to AI overuse. Teachers note loss of core skills like writing and problem-solving. Government plans AI tutors face opposition amid policy gaps.
Chinese AI Beats Grok-4 in Prediction
A Chinese AI model has topped global rankings by crushing Elon Musk's Grok-4 in future prediction capabilities. Musk stated that predicting the future is the best test of a model's intelligence. This marks a major achievement for domestic AI.
Win11 Copilot Embeds Full Edge Browser
Windows 11's new Copilot replaces native code with a web app embedding a full Edge browser instance. Memory usage surges to 1GB during use, versus under 100MB previously. It's a hybrid app with Chromium kernel for smoother performance.
DeepSeek R1 25x Bigger Than Gemma 4
One year ago, DeepSeek R1 launched as a 671B parameter MoE model. Today, the 26B Gemma 4 MoE is impressively competitive despite being 25 times smaller. The post expresses excitement for the future of local LLMs.
April 4, 2026
Hermes Agent Best for Local LLMs
Hermes agent by Nous Research offers superior local model support, especially per-model tool calling for 30B models. It features one-command install, multiple backends like Ollama and vLLM, and self-improving skills via Honcho. v0.6.0 adds multi-instance profiles; 22k stars, MIT license.
Microsoft: Don't Rely on Copilot
Microsoft deeply integrated Copilot into Office and Windows after years of promotion. Now it labels Copilot for 'entertainment purposes only.' This has sparked criticism over inconsistent messaging.
Cadenza Links Wandb to AI Agents
Cadenza is an open-source CLI tool and Python SDK for connecting Wandb logs to agents in autonomous research. It indexes configs and metrics from runs, sampling top performers to avoid context rot. Available on Github, docs, and Pypi.
AI vs Loneliness: Complicated
Studies show AI companions can reduce feelings of loneliness. However, experts warn of emotional dependence risks. They highlight dangers of replacing human connections.
US Low-Cost Lucas Drone Masters Battlefield
US military's self-developed low-cost Lucas attack drone, born from reverse-engineering Iranian technology, is dominating skies during US-Iran operations. The FLM-136 Lucas prioritizes speed, affordability, and adaptability over traditional high-cost, long-timeline projects. This signals a major shift in Pentagon weapon development strategies.
Airbus Bird of Prey Drone Aces First Live Intercept
Airbus's jet-powered Bird of Prey interceptor drone completed its inaugural flight demo on March 30 in northern Germany. It successfully downed a medium-sized kamikaze drone using a Frankenberg Mark I micro-missile. The test demonstrates strong potential for counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) missions.
Radiation-Proof Wi-Fi for Nuclear Robots
Japanese researchers developed a Wi-Fi receiver that operates stably in extreme radiation inside nuclear reactors. Created by Tokyo University of Science team, it withstands 1000 times the radiation of standard electronics in tests. It enables robot networking for safe decommissioning of old nuclear plants.
H.264 Fees Surge from $100K to $4.5M
Via Licensing Alliance restructured H.264/AVC patent pool streaming fees. Annual cap jumps from $100,000 to maximum $4.5 million. Impacts video streaming service providers.
Loongson 32/64-Core Matches Old Intel CPU
Loongson has developed fully independent LoongArch ISA without foreign tech reliance. The 3C6000 server series scales to 64 cores, matching 3-year-old 40-core Intel performance. Batch sales are targeted for this year with 2025 deployments in compute servers.
Ex-Xiaomi Exec Leads Meta AI Hardware Team
Former Xiaomi and ByteDance hardware executive Xu Rui has joined Meta to lead the newly formed AI hardware team within Superintelligence Labs (MSL). MSL, headed by Alexandr Wang, is establishing this team to advance AI hardware development. The move was reported on April 4.
US Bans Satellite Images of Key Areas
US government requests all satellite imagery providers to voluntarily pause releases from specified areas of interest (AOI) indefinitely. This follows an Iranian strike that exposed US military base damage via satellite photos. The policy aims to prevent further disclosures.
Gemma-4 Admits Ignorance to Cut Hallucinations
Gemma-4 (E4b Q8) admits 'I do not know' upfront, unlike confident hallucinations in Qwen3.5. This reduces user trust in false info. May indicate training shift penalizing guesses less.
MCGrad Fixes Subgroup Model Calibration
Meta open-sources MCGrad, a Python package for multicalibration using gradient boosted decision trees. It corrects miscalibration in subgroups while scaling to large datasets. Presented at KDD 2026 with strong results on 100+ production models.
Gemma-4-31B Swarm Hits Top Model Levels
User /u/Ryoiki-Tokuiten claims a multi-agent swarm using Gemma-4-31B achieves performance approximating Gemini 3.1 Pro and GPT-5.4-xHigh. Shared in r/LocalLLaMA with links to details in comments.