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China's Embodied Model Claims Global #1

A Chinese embodied AI model has swept global first place rankings. Post-00s startup Lingchu Intelligent rocketed to fame with a massive 100,000-hour human dataset for robots, heralding a new era of human data in robotics.

量子位 · 179d ago

IBM Buy Rating Despite 2002-Worst Stock Year

IBM stock faces its worst year since 2002. Citigroup assigns a 'buy' rating regardless.

钛媒体 · 179d ago

PC Growth Amid AI-Driven Memory Crunch

Q1 2026 global PC shipments grew 2.5% to 65.6M units despite soaring memory costs from AI data centers. Lenovo and Dell outperformed, driven by stockpiling, Windows 10 migrations, and AI PC launches.

虎嗅 · 179d ago

Nio ES9 Enters 9-Series with 5nm ADAS Chip

Nio ES9 pre-sales start at 42万 (BaaS) to 65.8万, challenging Ideal L9 and Wenjie M9 in premium SUV segment. Features 900V architecture, advanced chassis, and self-developed 5nm Shenji NX9031 chip.

虎嗅 · 179d ago

Liu-Chen Open-Source Visual RL Hits SOTA Sans Thinking Data

Liu Zhuang and Danqi Chen released an open-source universal visual reasoning RL framework. It achieves SOTA performance using zero thinking data.

量子位 · 179d ago

Stargate Leadership Exodus Amid Strategy Shift

Three key executives from OpenAI's Stargate infrastructure project have departed as the company pivots from self-built data centers to cloud partnerships with Oracle and AWS. Sam Altman's home was targeted with a Molotov cocktail, linked to AGI tensions.

虎嗅 · 179d ago

Fabless Revolution Transforms Chip Industry

Book review details 30-year shift from IDM to Fabless semiconductor model, enabling Nvidia, AMD, ARM rise via TSMC foundries. ASIC, EDA, IP licensing formed ecosystem as Fab costs soared to $10B+.

虎嗅 · 179d ago

Tesla FSD EU Approval; Nvidia $2B AI Supply Lock

Tesla's FSD gains Dutch regulatory approval, kicking off key EU commercialization phase. Anthropic's Mythos model alarms US financial regulators, prompting Treasury/Fed meetings with bank CEOs on cyber risks.

钛媒体 · 179d ago

Altman Addresses Molotov Attack on AI Fears

Sam Altman's home was attacked with a Molotov cocktail amid rising AI tensions. He responded with a long post empathizing with public fears about AI.

Ifanr (爱范儿) · 179d ago

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3-Bit Embeddings for HNSW Indexes

HNSW stores 3-bit quantized embeddings (~388B/node vs 4KB float32) using PolarQuant rotation and Lloyd-Max. Precomputed tables enable fast table lookups for traversal; rerank exact distances.

Reddit r/MachineLearning · 179d ago

Coding

Qwen-Code Nightly v0.14.3 Released

Qwen-Code has released a new nightly build, version v0.14.3-nightly.20260411.55bcec70d. The full changelog is available, comparing changes from v0.14.3 to this nightly version.

Qwen (GitHub Releases: qwen-code) · 179d ago

Applications

Tesla FSD Approved First in Europe

Tesla's regulated FSD version received approval from Dutch regulator RDW for supervised use, marking its European debut. The system manages steering, acceleration, and braking on highways and city roads after 18 months of testing.

IT之家 · 179d ago

SetupAIResearch

TMLR Reviews Severely Delayed

A researcher submitted a regular paper to TMLR in February, which entered 'under review' status 6 weeks ago. Despite the website stating reviews due in two weeks, only one review has arrived.

Reddit r/MachineLearning · 179d ago

Models

Meta AI Upgrade vs ChatGPT Social Clash

Article compares upgraded Meta AI, now with Muse Spark model, against ChatGPT. Meta AI's social media roots give it an influencer-like personality.

TechRadar AI · 179d ago

Apple Hires Uber APAC Policy Chief

Apple Inc. has hired Uber Technologies Inc.'s head of public policy and government relations for Asia-Pacific.

Bloomberg Technology · 179d ago

China Autos: Domestic -17%, Exports +74%

Chinese carmakers face domestic sales decline of 17% YTD while exports surge 74% in March, becoming a survival lifeline. XPeng renames to group and pivots to AI tech with Robotaxi, humanoid robots, and flying cars.

虎嗅 · 179d ago

METI Certifies 30 Firms as DX Stocks 2026

Japan's METI announced DX Stocks 2026, certifying 30 companies like SMBC Group for outstanding digital transformation, with AI efforts highly evaluated. SMBC, selected for the third straight year, invested over ¥50 billion.

ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 179d ago

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Open Source

Deepseek Vanishes from AI Spotlight?

Community questions Deepseek's sudden absence despite Meta's strong return. Speculates on future of Deepseek V4 amid open-source landscape shifts.

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 179d ago

SetupAIResearch

Seeking AI/CV Collab Team

A college research assistant seeks to join a serious AI/ML team focused on computer vision for paper publication. They aim to contribute to ongoing projects.

Reddit r/MachineLearning · 179d ago

20yo Arrested for Molotov at Sam Altman's Home

San Francisco police arrested a 20-year-old man early Friday for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's residence in Russian Hill. The incident occurred that morning, targeting the high-profile AI leader's home.

cnBeta (Full RSS) · 179d ago

New Architectures Limit AI Agent Blast Radius

RSAC 2026 keynotes from Microsoft, Cisco, CrowdStrike, and Splunk highlight AI agent security gaps in enterprises. Monolithic agents mix credentials with untrusted code, enabling prompt injections to compromise entire systems.

VentureBeat · 179d ago

Open Source

Anthropic Mistakenly Bans OpenClaw Founder's Account

Peter Steinberger, OpenClaw founder, had his Claude accounts banned for suspicious activity, but Anthropic confirmed it was a system misjudgment and restored access. The incident underscores tensions as Anthropic excludes third-party tools like OpenClaw from subscriptions and builds competing features.

虎嗅 · 179d ago

Google Adds E2EE Gmail to Mobile for Enterprises

Google has extended client-side end-to-end encryption to Gmail apps on Android and iOS for Enterprise Plus users with Assured Controls. This enables on-device encryption with customer-managed keys, supporting compliance in regulated industries.

Computerworld · 179d ago

Applications

Intuit AI Compresses Tax Code to Hours

Intuit's TurboTax team used LLMs to parse the 900-page OBBB tax bill, reconciling versions and filtering provisions in hours instead of months. They built a reusable workflow with a domain-specific language and unit tests for regulated industries.

VentureBeat · 179d ago

AI Erases New Grad Jobs, Clouds Mid-Career Market

AI automation is eliminating new graduate hiring slots in Japan. Approximately half of mid-career positions are also impacted.

ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 179d ago

Applications

Californians Sue AI Doctor Visit Recorder

Californians have sued an AI tool used to record doctor visits. Plaintiffs claim the transcription software processes confidential patient-doctor conversations offsite.

Ars Technica · 179d ago

PJM Seeks 15GW Power for AI Data Centers

PJM Interconnection LLC proposes an emergency addition of 15 gigawatts of new power supplies. This targets potential electricity shortages from the AI-driven data center boom.

Bloomberg Technology · 179d ago

France Mandates Linux Migration for Sovereignty

France’s DINUM announced on 8 April 2026 its migration from Windows to Linux. All government ministries must formalize plans by autumn 2026 to eliminate extra-European dependencies in OS, collaborative tools, cloud infrastructure, and AI platforms.

The Next Web (TNW) · 179d ago