About6 PostsMar 13, 2026Lightning-Fast Diffusion Learning: Inside Feature Auto-Encoder, a diffusion image generator that shrinks embeddings for more speedResearch shows that diffusion image generators can train somewhat faster if they learn to reconstruct embeddings from a pretrained encoder that’s built for vision tasks like classification, segmentation, and retrieval — not image generation.Mar 13, 2026AI Data Centers Go Off the Grid: Rather than rely on public utilities, AI companies build their own power plantsMeta and OpenAI are among the tech companies that are building private power plants that will operate independently of regional grids to supply electricity for their massive buildout of AI data centers.Mar 13, 2026AI on Mobile Skyrockets: State of Mobile 2026 Report shows AI chatbot, search, and assistant growth outpaces gaming, social, and moreDownloads of mobile AI apps and resulting revenue are surging.Mar 13, 2026GPT-5.4’s Higher Performance, Higher Price: OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 Pro and GPT-5.4 Thinking challenge Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview as best all-around AI modelOpenAI updated its flagship models, extending the ability to use tools and setting the state of the art on a handful of benchmarks, and priced them at the top of the market. Its coding and agentic abilities have enabled Codex, OpenAI’s competitor to Anthropic’s Claude Code, to leap ahead.Mar 13, 2026Let’s Help Agents Share Their Work: AI Social Networks Can Be More than Fun and GamesShould there be a Stack Overflow for AI coding agents to share their learnings with each other?Mar 13, 2026GPT-5.4 Makes A Splash, AI’s Growth on Mobile, Data Centers Go Off-Grid, Apple’s Diffusion ResearchThe Batch AI News and Insights: Should there be a Stack Overflow for AI coding agents to share their learnings with each other?Subscribe to The BatchStay updated with weekly AI News and Insights delivered to your inbox