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Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tencent-joins-chinas-…

Tencent Joins China’s AI Agent Race With ‘Top-Secret’ WeChat Project
Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals like Alibaba Group and ByteDance in the race to dominate China’s domestic AI market, according to four people familiar with the project. The projectcould dramatically ...

Letter: 200 Thomson Reuters staff ask the company not to renew its ICE contract when it expires in May; Thomson Reuters' Westlaw service is Minneapolis-based (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/technology/thomson-reuters-ice-…

They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.

POL-GOE: Polizeidirektion Göttingen spendet 1.300 Euro an das Kinderpalliativzentrum der Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG) Göttingen (ots) - Die Polizeidirektion Göttingen spendete am Donnerstag (09.04.2026) 1300 Euro an das Team des Kinderpalliativzentrums der Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG). Polizeipräsidentin Tanja ...

“Instead of wanting to learn and improve as humans, and build better software, we’ve outsourced our mistakes to an unthinking algorithm.”
https://localghost.dev/blog/stop-generating-start-thinking/

Semester is starting again in Göttingen next week, and with it our "Solar System Science: The Planetary System" lecture. If you're a Master student in physics or geosciences in Göttingen and want to join the lecture, find all details here:
Stud.IP https://…

Random #ThingUmbrella tip & tidbit about unit conversions: I've been sourcing materials for a larger contact printing setup for my kallitype process, incl. getting a much heavier ultra-clear glass plate than what I've been using so far.
Using the https://

Extensible SI unit creation, conversions, quantities & calculations (incl. ~170 predefined units & constants)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Flea:
🎵 Thinkin Bout You
#Flea
https://officialflea.bandcamp.com/track/thinkin-bout-you
https://open.spotify.com/track/4LiSdLjUXbS4daVzBJCTwH

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW of next-gen Vera Rubin chips (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a8853057-c0a3-46f6-817f-7a23e79ea4e2

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines strikes multibillion chip deal with Nvidia
Multiyear partnership includes a further ‘significant’ investment from Nvidia into one-year-old AI start-up

POL-GÖ: (68/2026) Unübersichtliche Lage bei Auseinandersetzung vor Wohnkomplex am Maschmühlenweg - Polizei mit Gegenständen beworfen, zwei Personen im Gewahrsam, Verfahren eingeleitet, Ermittlungen dauern an Göttingen (ots) - Göttingen, Maschmühlenweg Sonntag, 8. März 2026, gegen 19.20 Uhr GÖTTINGEN (jk) - Mutmaßlich aufgrund einer vorherigen Beleidigung auf sexueller Basis ist es am Sonntagabend (08.03.26) gegen 19.20 Uhr auf dem

Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are releasing new models and spending millions on "red envelope" freebies to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech…

China's AI apps wield 'red envelopes' in Lunar New Year fight for users
Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and DeepSeek step up fight heading into 'crucial' holiday season