Mar 20, 2026

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Mar 20, 2026

A Single Tokenizer for Visual Media: Apple’s AToken, a multimodal model with a single encoder and tokenizer for images, videos, and 3D objects

Multimodal models typically use different tokenizers to embed different media types, and different encoders when training to generate media rather than classify it.

Mar 20, 2026

DeepSeek Snubs Nvidia for Huawei: DeepSeek made its upcoming 4.0 model available for performance testing to Chinese chipmakers but not U.S, ones

DeepSeek, the Chinese developer of outstanding open-weights models, has withheld an upcoming update of its flagship model from U.S. chip makers, a move that intensifies the AI rivalry between the U.S. and China.

Alibaba's latest flagship models are open-weights MoE performers in sizes from less than 1B parameters

Mar 20, 2026

Qwen3.5 Outperforms Bigger Models, Leads Vision Benchmarks: Alibaba’s latest flagship models are open-weights MoE performers in sizes from less than 1B parameters

The Qwen3.5 family of open-weights vision-language models includes impressive larger models as well as a smaller one that outperforms an OpenAI open-weights model 10 times its size.

Mar 20, 2026

Drones Hit Persian Gulf Data Centers: Iran struck AWS facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, threatened data centers throughout the region

Iran hit at least three Amazon data centers in the Middle East, an indicator of AI’s critical role in the United States’ war against Iran and possibly the first time such facilities have been targeted during warfare.

Two cheerful robots discuss software predictions beside a large question mark at a tech expo.

Mar 20, 2026

Attacks On Data Centers, Qwen3.5 In All Sizes, DeepSeek’s Huawei Play, Apple’s Multimodal Tokenizer

The Batch AI News and Insights: I’ve been hearing from people at all levels of seniority about a feeling of job insecurity.

Mar 20, 2026

A Single Tokenizer for Visual Media: Apple’s AToken, a multimodal model with a single encoder and tokenizer for images, videos, and 3D objects

DeepSeek Snubs Nvidia for Huawei: DeepSeek made its upcoming 4.0 model available for performance testing to Chinese chipmakers but not U.S, ones

Qwen3.5 Outperforms Bigger Models, Leads Vision Benchmarks: Alibaba’s latest flagship models are open-weights MoE performers in sizes from less than 1B parameters

Drones Hit Persian Gulf Data Centers: Iran struck AWS facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, threatened data centers throughout the region

Attacks On Data Centers, Qwen3.5 In All Sizes, DeepSeek’s Huawei Play, Apple’s Multimodal Tokenizer

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