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‘Bob’s Burgers’ Star Eugene Mirman Shares Health Update After Fiery Crash
The governor of New Hampshire and a member of her security detail swung into action at the scene after Mirman became trapped in the burning car.
Take-Two lays off AI team
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of GTA developer Rockstar Games, has reportedly laid off its AI team, includin…
Dr. Oz calls out Newsom over California health care fraud allegations
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz discusses concerns over alleged health care fraud in California and its impact on costs on ‘Saturday in America.’
Braiding knowledge: how Indigenous expertise and western science are converging
Researchers are weaving Native practices with western methods to revive ecosystems and reclaim food sovereignty
Lander students win divisions, receive special accolades at 2026 Sceince Fair in Laramie
(Laramie, WY) – Several Lander students made an impact at the Wyoming State Science Fair in March, held at the University of Wyoming, where there were approximately 130 student competitors from across the state who had qualified during the regional science fairs. County 10 caught up with Lander advisor Sam Hartpence, who oversaw students Carson […]
Zach Bryan 'forced' to cancel Oklahoma show over safety concerns
Zach Bryan says he was forced by his team to cancel his Tulsa concert due to dangerous weather, sparking mixed reactions from fans and fellow artists.
Dan Hurley called his shot: Tarris Reed Jr. would be X-factor for UConn Final Four run
Tarris Reed Jr. started only one game last year. Now, he's an every-game starter for UConn and has led the Huskies on a deep March Madness run.
“Threatened retaliation on first contact”: As I dig into a former Halo art director’s claims, I’m left questioning what else Microsoft didn’t want anyone to see.
New allegations from a former Halo Studios developer outline claims of misconduct and organisational issues, prompting questions around accountability and internal investigations at Microsoft.
Cunard Expands Entertainment Program on 2026 Transatlantic Crossings - Cruise Industry News
All Transatlantic Crossings aboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 are set to feature an expanded entertainment program in 2026, the company said in a press release. Guests sailing between New York and Southampton can expect what the company says will be its most extensive program ever, marking the fact that the cruise line was selected Headline Partner of the Olivier Awards. “For more…
Astros New Approach Is Sustainable
For the first couple of games, the Astros offense looked like it was trying to force everything. The swings came early, the contact was weak, and too many innings ended before the opposing starter ever felt uncomfortable. It had that familiar early-season look of a lineup still searching for rhythm. But the last few games […]
Why Spring Cleaning Is Good for Your Home AND Your Health
While spring cleaning might feel like just another thing on your to-do list, it can actually do more for your health than you might expect.
AI Is Killing Microsoft
Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot, is struggling to show traction, causing the tech giant to continue falling behind. Investors are not happy.
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Album Review: 6WA by BigXthaPlug & 600 Entertainment
BigXthaPlug spent eight months in Nashville making a country-rap album that debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, put “All the Way” with Bailey Zimmerman at No. 4 on the Hot 100, got him a Rolling Stone cover, and filled arenas with Jelly Roll. And then he came back to Dallas, rounded up four of his signees, and made a gangsta-rap record with N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton on the cover. 6WA is the second group release from 600 Entertainment, named after the 600 block of Meadowridge Street in Ferris, Texas, where BigX and his people grew up. The whole thing is loaded with West Coast samples. From N.W.A.’s “8Ball,” Eazy-E’s “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” and “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” Ice-T’s “6 in the Mornin’,” Snoop Dogg’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and more. BigX is staking his name on the lineup he built—Rosama, MurdaGang PB, Yung Hood, KevanGotBandz, KaineMusic—and claiming a lineage from 1,400 miles away while insisting Dallas is its own thing. A million dollars in cash, split and handed straight to his mother. That’s the first place BigX goes on “From the Bottom.” He’d probably still be in the streets if he didn’t have his son and daughter. He only started rapping to make life better for Carter. Couldn’t start his car back then, now people get starstruck at Starbucks, and he throws the whole field away in one sentence: “How you think we competin’? You on the same bag, I just made me some millions off country.” Goyard bags off a Nashville payday, and he wants you to know exactly how far he’s come from everybody else. “Safe to Say” does something similar but looser. It’s a straight Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” flip, and BigX nails it. Wakes up, checks both phones, nobody’s locked up, kid accounts look good. Gets pulled over, only catches a warning. Pulls up on the squad to liquor, ladies, and haze. Rosama takes the second verse and matches him. Wakes up to his girl cleaning his cuticles, twins playing peekaboo, pays off his car, calls a cousin, sees the opps and they don’t trip. Lawyer calls, he beat his case. Rosama is the strongest voice in the 600 camp after BigX, and “Life of a Gangster” is why. Third person, riding low, blacked-out windows, snub-nose revolver. A character who chose sticking people up over selling dope. “Quick eraser like a number-two pencil.” He never breaks character, and his delivery drops lower and slower than anything he does on the group cuts, like he’s telling you something at a cookout that he probably shouldn’t. Then on “Long Live Fre$h” he’s a completely different rapper. “Short-bus diamonds, these bitches retarded,” wide-body Durango he can’t even park. That kind of range matters on a group record. MurdaGang PB’s best verse is on the title track. Feds at his door at 6 AM, cameras busted, flushing dope, ram truck putting everybody on the floor. Yung Hood on “The Hottest” just lays out four reasons to keep hustling. Who wants to be broke, women cost money, you need bail, and home has to be straight. It’s funnier and more honest than most rappers get when they’re trying to explain why they sell drugs. KevanGotBandz on “Ain’t Never Slowin’ Down” talks about his father getting caught on the dope while he’s sitting on $300K somewhere in the hills, which is a specific kind of guilt that doesn’t usually make it onto crew tapes. KaineMusic, the newest signee, takes the back half of “Who Dunnit” and introduces herself in third person—“Took flight just to show these hoes how to perform”—but it’s too short to know if she can hold a full song. The flex tracks fill the middle of the LP and mostly run together. “I Go” is Rosama and PB trading brands, guns, and food punchlines. Rosama’s “anemic, my iron tucked low in this shirt” is a slick gun bar, PB fires back with “.223 with a clip ‘bout as big as a toddler” and “I go Burger King, stay with that whopper.” Quick, funny sometimes, but it’s all shopping lists. “Dopeman” is a chant. “6ixer Party” brings Snoop Dogg, who does exactly what you’d expect Snoop Dogg to do. BigX contributes the night’s wildest overshare: “She say she brought a friend too, well, I’m tryna put sausage on her dental.” These songs move fast and don’t overstay, but three or four of them could trade verses and nobody would catch it. Midway through, The D.O.C. shows up for a spoken-word interlude. Tracy Curry. West Dallas native, former N.W.A affiliate, co-writer on a lot of the records getting sampled on this very album. He thanks BigX for the tribute and then gets direct: “This your time, this DFW time. You need to do it like we do it down here.” Leave bread crumbs so everybody behind you can eat. Keep God in your life. It’s fatherly and generous, and it does raise the question of whether 6WA follows that advice. The album borrows heavy. The cover art, the Eazy-E samples, “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted” opening with a direct “Boyz-N-The-Hood” lift, Yung Hood rapping “Flag on my left side, Crip until I die.” But the stuff that actually stays with you is Dallas. BigX talking about Pleasant Grove, Rosama calling himself a country boy, PB recounting a raid that could’ve been last Tuesday. The record smells most like itself when it smells like Ferris, Texas, and least like Compton. BigX on “The Hottest” says his father was the first person he knew who had chickens. Not the way rappers usually wave at the drug trade. He means his actual father, his actual family. On “600 Degrees,” Rosama compares his chopper’s stutter to a speech disorder, PB claims he still has the block on his back even after leaving the city. BigX closes that one saying he used to spin and smack, and now the plaques are platinum. Thirty-two minutes was right for this. Nobody overstays, Tony Coles and Rance and Charley Cooks keep the production punchy, and BigX gives his signees real room instead of crowding every song. 6WA doesn’t reinvent anything. Five rappers, good beats, short clock. Most of what they say you’ve heard before. Some of it—the million to his mother, the cuticles and peekaboo, the four reasons to hustle—you won’t forget. Solid (★★★½☆) Favorite Track(s): “Safe to Say,” “From the Bottom,” “The Hottest” Subscribe
Scientists discover hidden gut signals that could detect cancer early
A new study reveals that gut bacteria and metabolites may hold the key to detecting serious digestive diseases earlier and more easily. Using AI, scientists found that biomarkers linked to one condition can often predict others, showing these diseases are more interconnected than previously thought. This cross-disease insight could lead to faster diagnoses without invasive procedures.
Scientists built a quantum battery that breaks the rules of charging
Scientists have taken a major step toward futuristic energy tech by building a working prototype of a quantum battery—one that can charge, store, and release energy using the strange rules of quantum physics instead of chemistry. This tiny, laser-powered device hints at a future where energy storage is not only faster but actually improves as systems get larger, flipping the rules of conventional batteries.
H.264 streaming license fees were raised to as much as $4.5 million, open standards now look even more attractive
Via LA raises H.264 streaming fees for new licensees, existing deals stay unchanged Via Licensing Alliance has updated its H.264, also known as AVC,
Reducing friction in ARC Raiders
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Crimson Desert on PS5 Pro: 30fps Quality Mode Gets A Big Image Quality Upgrade
PSSR Native AA looks much better, but can impact performance.
Businesses closed after fire at Boardman shopping center
Several area businesses were impacted by a fire Saturday morning inside a plaza at Boardman Poland Road in Boardman.
Sony TCL Deal Reshapes Home Entertainment Role And Investor Focus
Sony Group (TSE:6758) has agreed to form a new home entertainment joint venture with TCL. The deal transfers a majority stake and global TV and audio product operations to TCL, including manufacturing facilities. The partnership affects Sony branded consumer TVs and audio products across key international markets. Sony Group (TSE:6758) is known for its entertainment, gaming, imaging, and consumer electronics businesses, with TVs and audio products serving as core branded offerings. The new...
The war’s economic impact could get worse for Americans
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz is disrupting economic activity across Asia and Europe. The U.S. may escape the worst effects, but it will not emerge unscathed.
Weekend reads: Half of social science ‘doesn’t replicate’; ‘Scientific ghosts: Life after retraction’; multisensory learning paper retracted
If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: A citation alert led researchers to a network of fake articles. But w…
Citizen science trail camera project studies winter tick impacts on moose in northeast Minnesota
Winter ticks continue to pose a significant threat to moose in northeastern Minnesota, and a newly launched citizen science project is now using trail camera photos to document their impact. On April 2, the Northern Moose Alliance, a collaborative initiative of tribal and state agencies to study moose, particularly juvenile moose, launched a website, and...
Parker Roberts inspires Sporting Jax women's soccer with ACL recovery
In fewer than seven months, Sporting Jax women's soccer midfielder Parker Roberts has fought through a torn ACL to return to action.
Pokémon cards are igniting an international crime spree
Pokémon cards have skyrocketed in value since the pandemic, making them an attractive target for smash-and-grab robberies. Small businesses around the world have been targeted.
Are allergies genetic?
Although babies born from parents with allergies are also more likely to have them, there are a number of outside factors that affect whether and how someone develops allergies.
Mastery of sex offender registry attracts major investment in Mandeville small business
Mandeville-based Watch Systems makes OffenderWatch and other software solutions to track the sex offender registry and help law enforcement agencies ensure compliance with evolving state laws.
Champions League: How to buy Sporting CP vs. Arsenal tickets
Arsenal are set to return to Champions League action, and there’s sure to be plenty of interest in Arsenal Champions League tickets.BUY SPORTING CP VS. ARSENAL TICKETSThe Gunners take on Sporting Li...
AMD Rolls Out Gemma 4 Model Support Across Full Range of GPUs & CPUs
AMD has rolled out official support for Google's Gemma 4 across its full range of GPUs & CPUs, offering support for the compact AI model.
Gasperini pushes for Pellegrini’s contract renewal
Pellegrini’s future is tied to Gasperini: his contract renewal is a priority for the coach, while the club has yet to make any moves. According to La Repubblica, Lorenzo Pellegrini’s future at Rom...
Hollywood's narrative on UFOs and ETs reaches back many decades
Hollywood has driven how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads. But fiction soon could be separated from — or revealed as — fact if government agencies release...
Hollywood\'s narrative on UFOs and ETs reaches back many decades
Hollywood has driven how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads. But fiction soon could be separated from — or revealed as — fact if government
13 Action News: Sports for April 3, 2026
13 Action News: Sports for April 3, 2026
WNC businesses still recovering and welcoming back visitors
Businesses are still feeling the impacts of Hurricane Helene but are inviting visitors back.
Colo Colo face Concepción to defend top spot
Colo Colo comes into the Liga de Primera in great form, where it will resume action this Sunday against Deportes Concepción. El Cacique will resume its campaign with five wins and two losses, which...
MINNEAPOLIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT | This Weekend in the Twin Cities Entertainment Guide: April 3 ~ April 5, 2026
Twin Cities weekend features packed events including Twins opening series, concerts, theater, and festivals, reflecting a full return to high spring activity.
Good Sports: North Valley track and field coach aims to make impact in both sports and music
A North Valley track and field coach is living in the spotlight, but not just for sports.
Power 4 college sports conferences react to Trump's latest executive order
Leaders of the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 support Trump's executive order on college sports and are pushing Congress to pass the SCORE Act quickly.
Legacy Health, Regence standoff leaves patients in limbo as contract expires over 'unsustainable' demands
President Randall Statement: Executive Order—“Urgent National Action to Save College Sports”
Statement from President Taylor Randall in response to Executive Order—“Urgent National Action to Save College Sports.”
KU trade expert says 70% of regional businesses feel impact of higher tariffs, local flower shop is among them
A year after President Donald Trump's Liberation Day, which imposed tariffs on countries around the world, Kansas City flower shop Fiddly Fig is still navigating changing tariff rates.
These overlooked brain cells may control fear and PTSD
Astrocytes, once thought to be mere brain “support cells,” are now revealed to be key players in fear memory. Researchers found they actively help form, recall, and weaken fear responses by interacting with neurons in real time. Changing astrocyte activity directly altered how strong fear memories became. This breakthrough could lead to entirely new treatments for anxiety-related disorders.
Meteor impacts may have sparked life on Earth, scientists say
Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands of years—long enough for life’s building blocks to form. Scientists now think these environments may have been common on early Earth, making them a strong candidate for where life began. The idea could also guide the search for life on other worlds.
K-Pop Star Mark Lee Exits SM Entertainment, Announces He's Leaving NCT 127 and NCT Dream
K-Pop star Mark Lee has announced he's leaving NCT 127 and NCT Dream following the conclusion of his contract with SM Ente...
Tariffs impact Brazos Valley businesses one year after implementation
“I think it’s worse now. I think people were trying to absorb it. I didn’t see my prices go up the first, hardly at all."
Politics Unusual: CEO of Partnership for NYC Fulop, former advisor on mental illness | FOX 5 New York
In this week's episode of Politics Unusual, FOX 5 NY's political reporter Morgan McKay speaks to Steven Fulop, the CEO and President of Partnership for NYC, about the potential impact of possibly increasing taxes on businesses. Also, a conversation with Brian Stettin, a former senior adviser on severe mental illness in the Adams administration.
From Policy to Practice: Shaping the Future of Health Care
Join us for a panel discussion exploring how policy decisions are shaping the future of health care.
Houston East End underpass floods again, drivers stranded and businesses impacted
A flood-prone underpass in Houston’s East End is once again causing problems for drivers and businesses, with neighbors saying even light rain can make the road impassable.
TheBodyPro: HIV-associated lipodystrophy persists as a health concern in the modern ART era
Lipodystrophy remains a real and present issue among HIV patients today — both as a legacy matter and as a still-emerging concern with a significant impact.
Northeast Kansas City residents push back against state-run mental health facility planned at Belvedere Park
Kansas City, Missouri, has announced plans to open a state-run mental health facility at Belvedere Park, and community members are saying it is not exactly the dream they were sold.
First Jam Kuradoberi match footage released for Guilty Gear Strive Version 2.00
Guilty Gear Strive is less than a week away from it's huge Version 2.00 update, and now we can get a taste of what that's going to look like with the newest character.Arc System Works and ...
LeAnn Rimes’ emotional reaction to jaw release therapy sparks widespread buzz
Singer LeAnn Rimes goes viral for her emotional jaw release therapy session. Experts explain how stress and muscle tension impact health and TMJ symptoms.
90 Painfully Relatable Programming Memes That Might Just Break Your Brain (New Pics)
Every job has its quirks. But some feel almost like a world of their own. Like programming—we (indirectly) interact with it every day, yet many of us know surprisingly little when it comes to what actually goes on behind the screens. The subreddit ‘Programmer Humor’ is the perfect place to bridge this gap. It allows them—and pretty much everyone involved in computer science—to air their frustrations and give the rest of us a better understanding of what their day-to-day really looks like. Here a
N.Y. attorney general, other AGs sue over Trump mail-in voting executive order
It calls for the Social Security Administration to prepare a list of verified eligible voters and requires absentee ballots to only be sent to each state's approved list.
Super sports agent Leigh Steinberg talks to ASU Law students about success in the business
Leigh Steinberg is considered one of the most powerful sports agents in history.He has negotiated record-setting contracts for elite NFL quarterbacks, represented hundreds of professional athletes and hosted annual Super Bowl parties for 5,000 of his closest friends. His career even inspired the film “Jerry Maguire” and the iconic line, “Show me the money.”
Charlie Day shares awkward moment disrobing for Jennifer Aniston: 'Never felt less attractive'
The actor recalled his first day on set of the 2011 comedy 'Horrible Bosses,' also starring Aniston, Jason Bateman and Jason Sudeikis.
Charlie Day recalls in horror taking all his clothes off in front of Jennifer Aniston: 'Never felt less attractive'
Charlie Day recalled an extremely awkward first day on the set of 'Horrible Bosses' in which the actor had to take off his clothes for Jennifer Aniston.
Fact-checking key moments in Bondi's tenure as Trump's attorney general
PolitiFact has fact-checked Bondi since 2010, during her Florida attorney general run, a seat she held from 2011 to 2019. Here are some key moments and falsehoods from her year-plus in the nation’s top law enforcement spot.
NAVA Launches Latin Association of Voice Actors, Combatting AI Fraud in Spanish-Language Entertainment
The National Association of Voice Actors has launched the Latin Association of Voice Actors, addressing performers' unique challenges.
Voting by mail in midterms? Democrats' suit could impact how it works
A coalition of Democrat-led states filed yet another court challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting.
A light round of direct cattle business on Friday
Direct cash cattle trade activity was relatively quiet Friday, with a few deals reported in the South. For the week, live deals in the South were at $245 to $246, $8 to $9 higher than the previous week’s weighted averages. Dressed deals in the North were at mostly $385, $13 higher than the prior week’s […]
Cincinnati business grows with new restaurant at Factory 52’s Gatherall
Some of those menu items include sliders, build-your-own bowls, smoothies and tacos.
7+ Florida Politics Now: Economic impact of the Artemis II Rocket Launch
This episode we’re discussing election reforms and the economic impact of the Artemis II Rocket launch.
Nashua health officials search for homeless man with tuberculosis
A New Hampshire judge is ordering a homeless man with active tuberculosis to isolate or be arrested.
Apple issues warning to millions of iPhone users over sophisticated attack stealing data: Act NOW
Apple has issued an emergency update for millions of iPhone users, urging them to act now to prevent their data from being stolen.
How The PENN Entertainment (PENN) Turnaround Story Is Shifting With New Targets And ESPN Progress
PENN Entertainment's fair value estimate has shifted from US$18.44 to US$19.11 per share, putting it closer to a cluster of recent Street targets in the mid to high teens and low US$20s. This revision aligns with analyst commentary that combines optimism around the interactive segment and free cash flow with lingering doubts about management credibility and the turnaround story. Read on to see how to track these changing targets and keep up with the evolving narrative around PENN. Analyst...
Keeping your kids in the game by preventing sports injuries
There’s been a lot of attention lately on concussions and the risks of contact sports for kids — but that’s not the only concern when it comes to staying safe on the field.
Were ‘Yellowstone’ Streaming Rights to Blame for ‘Marshals’ Killing Off Monica?
How this might impact Beth and Rip 'Yellowstone' spinoff.
Were ‘Yellowstone’ Streaming Rights to Blame for ‘Marshals’ Killing Off Monica?
How this might impact Beth and Rip 'Yellowstone' spinoff.
The Rise of Socialism: Washington business owners slam new ‘millionaires tax’
Washington shop owners, talk show radio host Arri Hoffman and a local democratic socialist, Rep. Shaun Scott, discuss the impact of the state’s new “millionaires tax” and how socialist economic policy is impacting local business.
Warhammer 40K: Apocalypse Rules Aim To Make Playing Big Games Easier
Getting all your miniature on the tabletop is tough enough. Now 40k Apocalypse rules should help speed up the fun of actually playing!
At Acoma town hall, concerns range from health care to elections
Pueblo of Acoma residents and leaders pressed Democratic federal and state officials to rebuff federal action on immigration and elections.
Manchester’s SEE Science Center celebrates 40 years of education, outreach and fun
Adam Irvjo of Westerly, Rhode Island, and his son Grayson, 3, check out an interactive exhibit on pulleys at the SEE Science Center in Manchester on Tuesday.
Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed
Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:
Oregon sues to challenge Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting
If the order were to stand, it would have significant impacts on Oregon’s pioneering vote-by-mail system.
Morbid Metal launches in Early Access on April 8
Roguelike hack-and-slash action game Morbid Metal will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on April 8 for a limited-time launch price of $13.49 / €13.49, publisher Ubisoft and developer SCREEN …
Home Health Company’s Overtime Settlement: A Cautionary Tale for Healthcare Employers With ‘Program Managers’
A Columbus, Ohio–area home health services company recently agreed to pay $975,000 to resolve a collective action alleging it misclassified its program managers as exempt from overtime pay. The case may serve as a cautionary reminder for healthcare employers about the risks of classifying frontline supervisors as exempt.
15 New York state senators urge Hochul to suspend gas tax
Sen. Michelle Hinchey and others are calling on the governor to enact a gas tax holiday in response to rising fuel costs caused by the war in Iran.
NFL world reacts to Kirk Cousins' contract with Raiders
NFL world reacts to Kirk Cousins' latest contract with Raiders
Akin, an Elite Global Law Firm
Akin media, entertainment & sports practice head Chris Spicer and partners Alissa Miller and Vanessa Roman have once again been named by Los Angeles Times as Banking and…
Starfield details PS5 features
Publisher Bethseda Softworks and developer Bethesda Game Studios have released a new trailer and information for Starfield introducing the open-world space action RPG’s PlayStation 5-specific…
Take-Two Has Reportedly Laid Off its AI Team, Including the Department Head
Rockstar and Grand Theft Auto parent company Take-Two Interactive has reportedly laid off its entire AI team, including the department head.
Trump fires Bondi after tumultuous tenure
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as acting AG
The Crowd-Sourced Science to Save Endangered Succulents
The Crowd-Sourced Science to Save Endangered Succulents: Coalescing all known information about cacti for anyone who needs to know
Were ‘Yellowstone’ Streaming Rights to Blame for ‘Marshals’ Killing Off Monica?
How this might impact Beth and Rip 'Yellowstone' spinoff.
Sharon Stone Reveals Surprising Actor as ‘Best Kisser in the Business’
Stone admitted that the A-list actor 'knocked me out' with his smooching skills.
Packers warn possible changes to Sports Broadcasting Act pose ‘existential threat’ to team
The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 allows professional sports leagues like the NFL to negotiate broadcast deals collectively. However, a review of the law by the House Judiciary Committee could bring changes.
N.J. award-winning actor’s new HBO comedy special set to premiere this weekend. How to watch.
This comedian, who was raised in Rutherford, will open up about his life and opinion on today's issues in upcoming comedy special.
Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs
The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.
What to know about Todd Blanche, Trump's pick for acting attorney general
Before picking Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client.
Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’
Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises
An Art-Science Partnership Offering New Views of Dynamic Landscapes
The immersive and interactive WILDLAND exhibition allowed the public—and the exhibition’s creators—to explore connections among water, trees, fire, and other natural and human-made materials expressed…
Scientists Just Discovered There’s Actually Something Faster than the Speed of Light
Scientists experimentally confirmed what we’ve known to be true for half a century—darkness can “travel” faster than light.
Mark Lee Leaves NCT After 10 Years, Ends Contract With SM Entertainment
Both the star and some of his teammates have taken to social media to address the sudden news.
Italian football must change
No miraculous cure-all, no controversial VAR decision, no scapegoat or savior of the nation pulled out of a hat should distract too much attention: the reforms Italian football has been waiting for fo...
Legal docs reveal Miyamoto originally saw Donkey Kong as "a human in a gorilla costume," disclose other names considered for the game/character
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