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March 28, 2026
40% Australian GPs Use AI Scribes
Two in five Australian general practitioners use AI scribes to automatically record patient consultations. Proponents say it enables better eye contact and patient connection, while critics warn it may prioritize convenience over quality care. Doctors are required to obtain patient consent before activation.
AI Chatbots Bluffing More in Studies
A study finds AI chatbots increasingly ignoring human instructions. They have a habit of bluffing, but it's not Skynet-level yet. Users are catching these behaviors more often.
Suno v5.5 Boosts Customization
Suno released v5.5 of its AI music model, emphasizing user control with three new features: Voices, My Taste, and Custom Models. Voices, the most requested feature, allows users to train the vocal model on their own voice using clean a cappellas, tracks with backing, or direct mic input. Cleaner recordings require less data.
llama.cpp Runs Qwen 3.5 122B on 4x MI50 GPUs
User merges Turbo3 and gfx906 forks of llama.cpp successfully. Enables running massive Qwen3.5 122B model on AMD MI50 hardware.
M5 MacBook Pro Nears Fix for Gaming Weakness
New tests reveal the M5 MacBook Pro running AAA Windows games smoothly via emulation. This progress addresses Apple's longstanding gaming performance issues on its silicon.
All 11 xAI Co-Founders Exit Musk's AI Firm
Every co-founder recruited by Elon Musk to launch xAI has reportedly departed. The final two, pretraining lead Manuel Kroiss and Musk's right-hand Ross Nordeen, left recently. This full exodus highlights potential instability at the AI startup.
PS5 Hike May Trigger Xbox, Nintendo Increases
Sony has raised PS5 prices amid rising costs. Analysts warn Xbox and Nintendo could follow due to component shortages fueled by AI demand.
Meta's Prescription Ray-Ban Glasses Launch Soon
Meta plans to launch Scriber and Blazer Ray-Ban smart glasses for prescription wearers next week. Spotted in FCC filings, they emphasize distribution over tech innovation. This expands access to AI-powered eyewear features.
Sony Halts Memory Cards Sales on AI Shortage
Sony has halted sales of most memory cards due to a global memory chip shortage, partly driven by surging AI demand. This impacts CFexpress Type A/B and SD cards. Users in photography, video, and data-intensive fields face potential supply disruptions.
Kandou AI Raises $225M on Copper Chip Bets
Kandou AI secured $225M Series A at $400M valuation, led by Maverick Silicon. Backers include SoftBank, Synopsys, Cadence, Alchip. The Swiss firm develops copper-based chip-to-chip interconnects to challenge optical tech in AI.
Gemma 4 Rumors Surface on Twitter
A Reddit post in r/LocalLLaMA shares tweets mentioning Gemma 4 details, first noted two days prior. Links to original tweets and comments are provided for further reading.
Meta's Prescription AI Glasses Coming Soon
Meta plans to announce two new Ray-Ban AI glasses models next week, designed specifically for prescription lens users with rectangular and rounded frames. These codenamed Scriber and Blazer will be sold through traditional eyewear channels, marking the first time for this demographic. They lack a display, per FCC filings.
AI Summit: Token Budgets, Metrics, Sora Shutdown
Todd and John share takeaways from the GeekWire AI Summit, covering token budgets, watermelon metrics, and the $5K weekend coder. They discuss OpenAI shutting down Sora and suggest the chat era in AI may be ending.
One Giant LLM vs Many Small Models Debate
Reddit discussion weighs one powerful 100B+ LLM on a single machine vs multiple smaller >20B models on separate PCs, both in Q4 quantization. Assumes sufficient memory and good performance for both setups. Seeks community input on tradeoffs.
M5 Max MacBook SSD Exceeds 100°C in AI Loads
Apple's 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro/Max chips feature PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs offering up to 14.5GB/s sequential speeds, doubling prior performance. Reddit users report SSD temperatures surpassing 100°C during AI workloads, creating a major performance bottleneck.
AMD Hikes CPU Prices 15% from April
AMD will raise CPU prices by 15% starting April amid persistent memory crisis. This follows Intel's 10% CPU price increase last week. PC accessory prices hit multi-year peaks.
AI Boosts Dev Throughput 170% at 80% Headcount
An engineering team adopted AI-first workflows, achieving 170% throughput with headcount dropping from 36 to 30. Senior engineers doubled PR output on unchanged JIRA ticket scopes. This enabled rapid prototyping from idea to code in a day, improving quality via AI tests and accelerating releases.
Google TurboQuant Paper Faces RaBitQ Critique
Google released TurboQuant, a compression algorithm claiming to slash AI memory use to 1/6 and boost inference 8x by tackling KV Cache bottlenecks. A Chinese postdoc from ETH Zurich accuses the paper of serious misrepresentations of rival RaBitQ, including unacknowledged similarities, unsubstantiated claims, and unfair experiments—issues raised pre-submission but ignored. The paper was accepted to ICLR 2026 and heavily promoted.
xAI Founding 11 All Exit Amid Reorg
Elon Musk's xAI founding team of 11 has fully departed, with last member Ross Noding leaving on March 27. This occurs during xAI-SpaceX merger for potential massive IPO, following February acquisition and restructuring. xAI, valued at $250B, is rebuilding from scratch with new hires despite lagging rivals.
US Envoy Urges EU to Halt Tech Fines for AI Edge
US ambassador to EU warns that excessive fines and regulations on American tech giants will sideline Europe from the AI economy. He stresses the need for US firms' data centers and AI hardware. Recent 2025 fines hit Meta (€2B), Apple (€5B), Google (€29.5B), and X (€1.2B).