A UW-Madison professor asked two AI agents to train a transformer that works as a literal CPU. Not a text predictor. A computer that takes programs as input and executes them. Running Fibonacci, division, sqrt on programs it never saw during training. 99.5% accuracy. Weights
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Efficient and Cost-Effective AI Model Execution Compared
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it’s quite efficient to run — definitely cheaper than nano banana!
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Qwen’s New Models Defy Expectations
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Qwen just dropped 4 new models and the math doesn’t make sense.
— God of Prompt (@godofprompt) 3 mars 2026
> 4B nearly matches their previous 80B A3B
> 9B rivals GPT OSS 120B at 13x smaller
> 0.8B and 2B run on your phone
All free, offline, and open source
Let that sink in. https://t.co/1rqKBiiCgR pic.twitter.com/0pCYM8tRTjQwen just dropped 4 new models and the math doesn’t make sense. > 4B nearly matches their previous 80B A3B
> 9B rivals GPT OSS 120B at 13x smaller
> 0.8B and 2B run on your phone All free, offline, and open source Let that sink in. -

Qwen Drops 4 Small Multimodal Models
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BREAKING: Qwen just mass-dropped 4 small models and nobody’s freaking out enough. Qwen3.5-0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B. All native multimodal. All built on the same foundation as their flagship. The 0.8B runs on your phone. The 9B is closing the gap with models 10x its size.
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Cursor and Claude Code growth narratives challenge tech bubble perceptions
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Narrative violation. Cursor goes $1B to $2B in 3mos. Claude Code went $0 to $2.5B in 8mos. Everyone in the tech/X bubble think people are wholesale ditching Cursor, but enterprise diffusion is glacial. Most of the world just got a hold of it.
→ View original post on X — @rachelmetz, 2026-03-02 23:08 UTC
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Code generation efforts alongside parser and semantics development
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Parser and semantics yes, but there were some serious code generation efforts.
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Quick Mode Feature Added to Claude Chrome Extension
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Quick mode in Claude for Chrome https://t.co/jlzpn3oHBg
— Alex Albert (@alexalbert__) 2 mars 2026Quick mode in Claude for Chrome
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Anthropic adds free memory for Claude users
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Anthropic enabled memory feature to free users on Claude. This comes along with an option to import memory from other AI chatbots.
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Playing with MaxClaw: An AI Tool Experience
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Solid breakdown, Sumanth. I'm playing with MaxClaw, so far so good.
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Software Engineering Roles Shift: From Engineer to Prompt Jokey
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Senior software engineer? You mean unemployed prompt jokey?
