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Google's TurboQuant Compresses LLM Key-Value Caches to 3 Bits With Zero Accuracy Loss
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Google's TurboQuant Compresses LLM Key-Value Caches to 3 Bits With Zero Accuracy Loss

Google Research published TurboQuant, a quantization algorithm that shrinks LLM key-value caches by 6x and delivers an 8x attention speedup on H100 GPUs — with no fine-tuning required.

Mar 25, 20265 min read
Google TV Gets Three Gemini Features: Visual Answers, Deep Dives, and Sports Briefs
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Google TV Gets Three Gemini Features: Visual Answers, Deep Dives, and Sports Briefs

Google has rolled out three Gemini-powered capabilities to Google TV — AI visual responses, narrated topic deep dives, and sports summaries for the NBA, NHL, and MLB. The features are live in the US and Canada now, with more markets coming this spring.

Mar 25, 20265 min read
Jensen Huang Declares 'We Have Achieved AGI' — And the AI World Can't Agree
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Jensen Huang Declares 'We Have Achieved AGI' — And the AI World Can't Agree

Nvidia's CEO told Lex Fridman that AGI is here, defining it as AI capable of building a billion-dollar company. Researchers and competitors pushed back hard, reigniting the oldest debate in AI.

Mar 25, 20265 min read
Nvidia Unveils Vera Rubin Platform at GTC 2026 — Six Chips, $1 Trillion Backlog
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Nvidia Unveils Vera Rubin Platform at GTC 2026 — Six Chips, $1 Trillion Backlog

Nvidia announced its next-generation Vera Rubin AI platform with six new chips, a 10x inference cost reduction over Blackwell, and a $1 trillion revenue outlook through 2027. AWS and Microsoft are already deploying.

Mar 25, 20265 min read
OpenAI Is Shutting Down the Sora App
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OpenAI Is Shutting Down the Sora App

OpenAI announced it's discontinuing the standalone Sora video-generation app, citing a lack of sustained user interest in an AI-only social feed. The Sora 2 model and API will continue, but the TikTok-style app experiment is over.

Mar 25, 20265 min read
White House Drops AI Legislative Blueprint — Pushes to Preempt State Laws
AI Policy

White House Drops AI Legislative Blueprint — Pushes to Preempt State Laws

The Trump administration released a national AI policy framework urging Congress to adopt light-touch federal regulation while blocking states from imposing their own AI rules. Child safety, copyright, and censorship are among the seven policy areas.

Mar 25, 20265 min read
Apple Announces WWDC 2026 for June 8–12, Promises Major AI Advancements
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Apple Announces WWDC 2026 for June 8–12, Promises Major AI Advancements

Apple confirmed its annual developer conference will run June 8–12 online and at its Cupertino campus, with AI advancements and a revamped Siri as the centerpiece. After largely sidestepping AI at WWDC 2025, this is Apple's moment to answer its critics.

Mar 24, 20265 min read
Google DeepMind Expands Robotics Push with Agile Robots Partnership
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Google DeepMind Expands Robotics Push with Agile Robots Partnership

Munich-based Agile Robots is integrating Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation models into its hardware fleet. The deal is the latest sign that DeepMind is aggressively commercializing its robotics AI stack.

Mar 24, 20265 min read
Sam Altman Steps Down from Helion Board as OpenAI Pursues Fusion Power Deal
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Sam Altman Steps Down from Helion Board as OpenAI Pursues Fusion Power Deal

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leaving the board of Helion, the fusion startup he has backed for years, as the two companies negotiate a deal for OpenAI to purchase 12.5% of Helion's power output. The arrangement would see Helion supply 5 GW by 2030 and 50 GW by 2035.

Mar 24, 20265 min read

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