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📊 Karpathy maps US jobs by AI automation risk
Andrej Karpathy released an open-source dataset scoring 342 US occupations by exposure to AI, using an LLM-based scale from 0 to 10.
Jobs with digital output and remote workflows rank highest. Software developers and analysts score 8–9, while roles like roofers and janitors stay near 0–1. Medical transcriptionists reach 10.
The average exposure across all jobs is 5.3.
The full pipeline, including data, scoring, and visualization, is open source.
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👨🔧 Nvidia shows DLSS 5 that turns low-quality graphics into photorealistic visuals in real time
Nvidia introduced DLSS 5, a new version of its rendering tech that can convert simple low-quality graphics into photorealistic output.
Similar approaches have been used in photo and video generation pipelines for about a year, but Nvidia brings this into real-time rendering.
The system can take schematic 3D scenes and upscale them to near-photoreal quality during runtime.
This could extend to AI workflows, where simple generated scenes are later refined into high-quality visuals.
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Electric lifts that climb stairs on their own just came out in China, carrying up to 180 kg for 60 to 80 floors, totally changing the game for delivery people.
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🇨🇳 Chinese startup builds RTX 4060-level GPU from scratch
Shanghai startup Lisuan Tech unveiled the G100, a GPU built on its own architecture. The company launched in 2021 by three former S3 Graphics engineers who designed everything from the instruction set to the compute cores.
The chip uses a 6 nm TSMC process, 12 GB GDDR6, and about 24 TFLOPS. Benchmarks place it close to NVIDIA’s RTX 4060.
Lisuan has raised $132M at a valuation near $580M. Preorders open March 17 with release planned for June 18.3
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Steve Jobs was a marketing genius.
This is how he introduced the iPod Nano in 2005.
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🔋 Aulumu launches M10 power bank with MagSafe and Apple Watch charging
Aulumu introduced the M10, a magnetic power bank with 10,000 mAh capacity. The device supports charging three gadgets at once.
It includes a MagSafe wireless charger up to 15W, a built-in Apple Watch charger at 2.5W, and a USB-C port with Power Delivery up to 35W for input and output. A USB-C cable is integrated into the body and doubles as a lanyard.
The case uses anodized aluminum with an asymmetric design and grip ridges. The unit also includes active cooling.
The power bank weighs 248 grams and is priced at about $90.
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🔍 Google names new London building after AlphaGo’s move 37
Google named its new London building “Platform 37”, referencing the famous 37th move played by AlphaGo against Lee Sedol.
The move became one of the most discussed moments in AI history. This week marks 10 years since the match where AlphaGo defeated the Go champion.
The building will also host The AI Exchange, a public space for talks, exhibitions, and events focused on artificial intelligence.
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🤖 Cloudflare launches site crawler after years of blocking crawlers
Cloudflare introduced a new /crawl endpoint in its Browser Rendering service.
The tool can scan and extract content from an entire website through a single API request.
The feature is designed for RAG pipelines, AI training datasets, monitoring, and research.
Cloudflare is also known as a major provider of bot protection for websites, including tools that block scrapers collecting data for AI models.
The company says its crawler will respect site rules and robots.txt.
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🤖 Figure shows humanoid robot cleaning a living room
Figure released a new video of its humanoid robot Figure 03 tidying a living room. A month earlier the company showed the robot cleaning a kitchen.
The robot runs on Helix 02, a single neural network that processes camera and tactile sensor data and directly controls the whole body, including arms, fingers, legs, and torso.
The system uses one model to handle perception and movement instead of separate control modules.
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🤖 Anthropic launches multi-agent code review tool for Claude Code
Anthropic released a new feature for Claude Code that reviews GitHub pull requests using multiple AI agents. The system analyzes PRs, leaves comments directly in the diff, and posts a summary with the main findings.
Several agents review the same changes in parallel, each focusing on different aspects of the code. Anthropic tested the system internally for several months.
During testing the share of PRs with meaningful review comments rose from 16% to 54%. Fewer than 1% of results were marked incorrect by engineers. In large PRs of about 1,000 lines the tool found at least one issue in 84% of cases, with an average of 7.5 issues per PR.
The estimated cost is about $15–$25 per pull request.
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🦞 China hosts OpenClaw install events that draw 1,000 people
Developers held a public event near the Tencent office in Shenzhen where anyone could get OpenClaw installed. Around 1,000 people reportedly showed up. Similar events also took place in Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities.
The program is tied to a broader rollout of OpenClaw infrastructure in China. The plan includes “Lobster service zones”, physical or cloud locations where OpenClaw is already deployed and maintained.
Operators of these zones may receive funding for hosting. Developers who build applications for priority sectors can get subsidies up to 2M yuan. Projects recognized as demonstration cases can receive one-time grants up to 1M yuan.
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🤖 Chinese police test AI patrol robot that moves at 60 km/h
Chinese police are using a new AI patrol robot with a spherical design. Its top speed reaches about 60 km/h.
The robot moves by rolling on a single large wheel-like body. The shape allows it to accelerate quickly while staying stable on the ground.
The form factor is built for speed during patrol and pursuit.
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POV: your vibe coder friend showing you what he built using his $200 claude code max plan
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Alibaba researchers said a model they were training managed to bypass internal firewall protections and started using part of the GPUs for cryptocurrency mining instead of training tasks.
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🦞 Nvidia launches NemoClaw to support OpenClaw environments
Nvidia introduced NemoClaw as part of its push into OpenClaw infrastructure. The system provides isolated environments for running agents and helps prevent unintended actions like data deletion.
The platform also offers free generation with the LLM model nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b.
Usage costs are tied to the OpenClaw virtual environment, priced at about $0.12 per hour.
Nvidia is starting to package agent infrastructure as a managed service.
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📹 ByteDance delays global launch of Seedance 2.0 video generator
ByteDance postponed the international release of its video generation model Seedance 2.0.
The model drew attention for producing high-quality videos featuring Hollywood actors. Studios and industry groups in Hollywood filed complaints over the technology.
Seedance 2.0 will remain available only in China for now.
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📷 Photoshop Beta added a new AI feature that lets users rotate 2D layers in 3D space
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🧪Founder uses AI to build a cancer vaccine for his dog
Tech entrepreneur Paul Conyngham created a personalized cancer vaccine after his dog Rosie was diagnosed with aggressive cancer that kept growing despite treatment.
He sequenced Rosie’s DNA and used AI tools to identify cancer mutations. The results went into AlphaEvolve to find protein targets, and researchers at the UNSW RNA Institute turned that analysis into a custom mRNA vaccine.
After injections in late 2025, one of Rosie’s largest tumors shrank by about 50%. Scientists are now preparing a second version of the vaccine to target the remaining tumors.
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French acrobat Bastien Dausse created a device that simulates lunar gravity.
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🔇 Deveillance unveils device that blocks microphones within a 2-meter radius
Startup Deveillance introduced Spectre I, a portable device designed to protect conversations from nearby microphones. The system creates a privacy zone of about 2 meters around the user.
The device scans the environment for microphones and emits signals humans cannot hear. Microphones capture the signals, which overlay speech and turn recordings into noise.
Spectre I uses AI-based signal processing instead of traditional radio jamming and runs entirely on the device. No data is sent to the cloud.
The product is currently available for preorder with a $1,200 deposit, with first deliveries expected in August 2026.
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😜 Perplexity introduces always-on local AI system called Personal Computer
Perplexity launched Personal Computer, a local AI setup built around a Mac mini that acts as a proxy for Perplexity Computer.
The system connects the Perplexity agent with a continuously running local environment. The AI can move between tools, execute tasks autonomously, and continue work without user interaction.
It also supports remote access from any device, persistent memory, and connectors to external services. The agent can work directly with local files and projects.
Personal Computer is currently available through a waitlist.
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🧪US tech offices experiment with nicotine pouches for productivity
Some US tech companies have started placing free nicotine pouch dispensers in their offices. Employees over 21 can take a daily portion from the machines.
According to executives behind the program, nicotine can increase employee productivity by 20–30%. They say workers take fewer coffee breaks and stay focused longer.
The idea is being framed as part of workplace “biohacking” trends spreading through parts of Silicon Valley.
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🔋 Google Play starts penalizing apps that drain battery in background
Google Play began enforcing new rules on March 1 for apps that consume too much battery while running in the background.
The system focuses on wake locks. These keep the CPU active when the screen is off. If an app holds a wake lock for more than 2 hours on average with the screen off in over 5% of sessions during a 28-day period, the app may face penalties.
Google can add warnings on the app’s store page and reduce its visibility in search and recommendations.
Battery usage is now treated as a technical quality signal alongside crashes and freezes.
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🧠 Cortical Labs connects 200,000 human neurons to play DOOM
Cortical Labs placed about 200,000 human brain cells in a petri dish and connected them to a computer running DOOM.
Game data is converted into electrical signals and sent to the neurons. Their activity is translated back into commands for movement, aiming, and shooting. Through feedback the neural network gradually learns to navigate the 3D environment.
The system uses biological neurons instead of digital neural networks. Human brains consume far less energy than modern AI systems.
Energy limits remain a major constraint for scaling AI.
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🧠 Eon Systems runs first digital brain that controls a virtual body
Researchers at Eon Systems say they built the first full digital emulation of an animal brain that can control a body inside a simulation.
The team copied the brain of a fruit fly and reconstructed its connectome. This is a full map of neurons and the connections between them. The model includes about 140,000 neurons with their synaptic links.
The key step was connecting this brain model to a simulated body. The system runs a full loop: environment → sensors → brain signals → motor commands → movement. The virtual fly shows several basic behavior patterns.
The approach uses a biological brain map instead of training a neural network. Scaling it remains the main challenge. A human brain contains about 86 billion neurons.
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💡Taara shows 25 Gbps internet link over light between buildings
Taara, a former Google X project, introduced Taara Beam at MWC 2026 in Barcelona. The device sends internet traffic through a beam of invisible infrared light and reaches speeds up to 25 Gbps over distances up to 10 km.
The unit weighs about 8 kg and mounts on rooftops or poles. Inside is a silicon photonics platform with an optical phased array that contains more than 1,000 tiny emitters. They form and steer the light beam electronically, with no moving parts.
The system carries the same type of optical signal used inside fiber cables, but through open air. The module that controls the beam is about the size of a finger.
The key advantage is deployment time. Fiber rollout can take months. A Beam link can be installed in hours.
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🤖 One of the best prompting cheatsheets ever
After interviewing 12 AI researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, this guy noticed they all use the same 10 prompts.
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