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New Benchmark Where Humans Outperform, Google's TurboQuant’s 8× Speed Boost and more...
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March 28, 2026
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New benchmarks show how far models still are from true reasoning. Google releases Turboquant which is extremely faster and cheaper to run.
In today’s issue:
🖥️ New Benchmark Where Humans Outperform
🎨 TurboQuant’s 8× Speed Boost
⚡ 5-4-3-2-1 hits you just can't miss
📰 What Else Happened in AI
😂 Your AI-Powered Laugh
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What Happened (Mar 2026):
The ARC Prize Foundation released ARC-AGI-3, a new reasoning benchmark where humans solve tasks easily — but top AI models barely register scores.
What You Need to Know:
Humans can solve 100% of tasks on the first try, while top models score below 1%.
The test presents game-like problems with no instructions, forcing models to infer rules and plan from scratch.
Gemini Pro (0.37%), GPT-5.4 High (0.26%), and Opus 4.6 (0.25%) all performed extremely poorly.
Why It Matters:
Despite rapid progress, true general reasoning — figuring things out from scratch — is still largely unsolved for AI.
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What Happened (Mar 2026):
Google Research introduced TurboQuant, a new algorithm that compresses model memory and dramatically speeds up performance without retraining.
What You Need to Know:
TurboQuant reduces memory usage by 8×+ with near-zero accuracy loss.
It delivers up to 8× faster processing on Nvidia H100 chips.
It improves efficiency in long conversations and vector search, where memory costs typically explode.
Why It Matters:
Breakthroughs like this don’t just make AI smarter — they make it cheaper and faster, which is what actually drives mass adoption.
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3-THINGS IN TREND
Veo is now live in Google Ads and letting advertisers generate videos or animations without a production team.
This AI-generated Moana 2 clip is nearly impossible to tell that it’s AI.
Learn how one Anthropic team member uses Claude Cowork to manage Google Ads.
2-USEFUL LINKS
UK brothers Matthew Pidden and Thomas Pidden built a four-armed robot that solved a 4×4 Rubik's Cube in just 45.3 seconds, breaking a record that stood for over a decade. The machine uses custom algorithms to scan, calculate, and execute the fastest possible solution, earning official recognition from Guinness World Records.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN AI 📰
🎟️ Oracle Data Deep Dive NYC Announced
Oracle is hosting Data Deep Dive NYC on April 10. The event features hands on AI labs and access to Oracle experts. Registration is free.
🎵 Google Upgrades Music AI
Google enhanced its music model to generate full 3 minute songs. Lyria 3 Pro is rolling out across Gemini Vertex AI and Google Vids.
🤖 Sierra Launches Agent Builder
Sierra led by Bret Taylor introduced Ghostwriter. The tool builds AI agents for customer service across voice chat and many languages.
📱 US Launches AI Text Course
The United States Department of Labor launched Make America AI Ready. It is a free 7 day AI course delivered entirely through text messages.
Funding 💰️
OpenAI raises additional money to bring record funding round to $120 billion
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