🤘 Qwen 3 Max - Just scale it

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Happy Friday! Zoom CEO Eric Yuan just suggested we might not need to work 5 days a week anymore and he echoed predictions from Bill Gates and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, saying AI could make a 3-4 day week entirely viable. His take is “If AI can make all of our lives better, why do we need to work for five days a week?”
AI as a productivity hack isn’t new, but hearing it from someone at the helm of a major tech company feels different. The question now: does this sound like remote work wishful thinking, or a real glimpse at what comes next?

Let’s dive in..

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🧠 Qwen 3 Max, 1 Trillion-Parameter Challenger to ChatGPT

🐝 The Buzz: Alibaba just unveiled Qwen 3 Max, its most powerful AI model yet. With over 1 trillion parameters, it’s designed to rival OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini in reasoning, enterprise use, and even agent-style autonomy.

• Built for scale: Qwen 3 Max outperforms earlier Qwen models on reasoning and inference tasks.

• Agentic push: Less “reply to a prompt,” more “set a goal and let it figure it out.”

• Part of a family: The Qwen ecosystem already spans models from 0.6B to 235B, downloaded 300M+ times with 100k+ derivatives.

• Alibaba’s bigger play: The company is betting big on AI R&D to expand from e-commerce giant to global AI heavyweight.

💡 Takeaway: Qwen 3 Max is flexing its model size. it’s Alibaba’s goal is to stand toe-to-toe with the ChatGPT and Gemini and compete with the West. China is definitely competing hard in the AI model race.

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🎨 Google Mixboard Turns Prompts Into Creative Moodboards

🐝 The Buzz: Google just launched Mixboard, a new AI tool that helps you brainstorm visuals and styles from a simple prompt. Moodboard meets sketchpad, powered by Google’s Nano Banana image model.

• Prompt-to-moodboard: No need for existing image collections, you type your vision (like “minimalist home decor,” “sunset film vibe”) and Mixboard generates visuals, design themes, and related elements.

• Edit & remix: After the initial board, you can ask for variants, small tweaks, or instruct “more like this” to refine your ideas.

• Play with styles: Explore different moods, patterns, and hybrids without being locked into one look.

• Idea stage, not final stage: It’s built for brainstorming concepts, not polished deliverables.

💡 Takeaway: Mixboard is for sparking ideas. Instead of digging for inspiration, you speak (or type) your vision and watch the AI bring it to life which is great for creative direction and visual brainstorming.

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🐝 AI buzz bits

🌊 Microsoft cools down AI chips with microfluidics. This new cooling tech directs liquid coolant straight to silicon grooves, boosting efficiency, reducing heat significantly, and promising a more sustainable future for data centers.

🌟 Figma unveils the MCP server, bridging design and development by integrating context for smarter code generation. With added capabilities in Dev Mode, it promises a seamless workflow between design and development.

🎭 Alibaba's animation AI goes viral by bringing characters to life. Their Wan 2.2 Animate has the ability to replicate facial expressions and movements in videos, it seamlessly replaces characters while keeping the original scene's vibe intact.

🎙️ Meet Huxe, the new audio buddy from ex-NotebookLM devs. It crafts personalized podcasts to keep you informed and entertained, transforming your news consumption into a breezy listening experience on topics that matter to you.

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