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Meow Math app shows a multiplication problem. Features include answer input, check button, and voice interaction.

Apr 03, 2026

Claude Code’s Source Leaks, OpenAI Exits Video Generation, Gemini Adds Music Generation, LLMs Learn at Inference

The Batch AI News and Insights: Voice-based AI that you can talk to is improving rapidly, yet most people still don’t appreciate how pervasive voice UIs (user interfaces) will become.

A woman warns a man at a computer about AI causing human extinction and job loss in a cartoon style.

Mar 27, 2026

Nvidia’s Open Salvo, OpenAI’s Amazon Deal, Grok Cuts Video Prices, Recursive Language Models

The Batch AI News and Insights: The anti-AI coalition continues to maneuver to find arguments to slow down AI progress.

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.

A blue robot asks about an older endpoint; the orange robot on fire advises against it in a tech setting.

Mar 13, 2026

GPT-5.4 Makes A Splash, AI’s Growth on Mobile, Data Centers Go Off-Grid, Apple’s Diffusion Research

The Batch AI News and Insights: Should there be a Stack Overflow for AI coding agents to share their learnings with each other?

A robot and a person discuss API documentation in an office; the robot seeks help, while the person suggests Chub.

Mar 06, 2026

Anthropic vs. the U.S. Government, Nano Banana’s Makeover, Frontier Agent Management, Google’s Mathematics Solutions

The Batch AI News and Insights: I’m thrilled to announce Context Hub, a new tool to give to your coding agents the API documentation they need to write correct code.

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Feb 27, 2026

Gemini Seizes the Lead, Investors Panic Over Agentic AI, Optimism at Global AI Summit, Local Versus Cloud

The Batch AI News and Insights: We just released a Skill Builder tool to help you understand in which areas of AI you’re strong, where you can learn more, and what to do next to keep building your skills.

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Feb 20, 2026

The New Open-Weights Leader, Big AI’s Political Influence, Predicting Illness, Faster Reasoning

The Batch AI News and Insights: Will AI create new job opportunities? My daughter Nova loves cats, and her favorite color is yellow.

Andrew Ng speaks into a microphone during a panel on AI creativity at Sundance Film Festival.

Feb 13, 2026

Claude Opus 4.6 Thinks Smarter, xAI Joins SpaceX, AI Outperforms Doctors, Standardized AI Audits

The Batch AI News and Insights: I recently spoke at the Sundance Film Festival on a panel about AI.

Office scene with robots and humans working at desks represents the discussion on AI's impact in the workplace.

Feb 06, 2026

OpenClaw Runs Amok, Kimi’s Open Model, Ministral Distilled, Wikipedia’s Partners

The Batch AI News and Insights: Job seekers in the U.S. and many other nations face a tough environment.

Agents Go Shopping, Intelligence Redefined, Better Text in Pictures, Higher Engagement Means Worse Alignment

Jan 30, 2026

Agents Go Shopping, Intelligence Redefined, Better Text in Pictures, Higher Engagement Means Worse Alignment

The Batch AI News and Insights: U.S. policies are driving allies away from using American AI technology.

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Jan 23, 2026

Self-Driving Reasoning Models, ChatGPT Adds Ads, Apple’s Deal with Google, 3D Generation Pronto

The Batch AI News and Insights: How can businesses go beyond using AI for incremental efficiency gains to create transformative impact?

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Jan 16, 2026

Governments vs. Grok, Meta Buys Agent Tech, Healthcare Chatbots, Limits of AI-Powered Retrieval

The Batch AI News and Insights: Many people are fighting the growth of data centers because they could increase CO2 emissions, electricity prices, and water use.

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Jan 09, 2026

LLMs Go To Confession, Automated Scientific Research, What Copilot Users Want, Reasoning For Less

The Batch AI News and Insights: We just launched a course that shows people who have never coded before, in less than 30 minutes, how to describe an idea for an app and build it using AI.

Andrew Ng is pictured writing in a notebook by a large window, with a garden and pool visible in the background.

Jan 02, 2026

New Year Special! Hopes for 2026 from David Cox, Adji Bousso Dieng, Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Tanmay Gupta, Pengtao Xie, Sharon Zhou

The Batch AI News and Insights: Happy 2026! Will this be the year we finally achieve AGI? I’d like to propose a new version of the Turing Test, which I’ll call the Turing-AGI Test, to see if we’ve achieved this.

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Dec 26, 2025

Top Stories of 2025! Big AI Poaches Talent, Reasoning Models Boost Performance, Agents Write Code, Data Centers Drive GDP, China Turns the Tables

The Batch AI News and Insights: Another year of rapid AI advances has created more opportunities than ever for anyone — including those just entering the field — to build software.

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