Today: 30 March 2026

Jerzy Lewandowski

Grok 4: Inside Elon Musk’s Most Powerful (and Controversial) AI Chatbot Yet

The Race to $-Per-Token: Coding Models Get Fast & Frugal

xAI launched Grok Code Fast 1 in August 2025, offering 256k context and low pricing at $0.20 per million input tokens. Meta’s Code Llama remains free and open-source, with its 70B model rivaling proprietary benchmarks and no token fees. GitHub Copilot charges $10–$39 monthly, integrating multiple AI models for code completion. Code Llama can run locally, while Grok and Copilot require cloud access.
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AI Voice Clones Are Taking Over – Inside the Synthetic Voice Revolution of 2025

SoundHound AI: The Voice Tech Disruptor Challenging Siri, Alexa, and Wall Street Expectations

SoundHound AI reported Q2 2025 revenue of $42.7 million, up 217% year-over-year, and raised its full-year sales outlook to up to $178 million. The company licenses voice AI tech to major automakers and restaurant chains, with a bookings backlog exceeding $1 billion. Wall Street analysts rate the stock mostly “Moderate Buy,” citing growth potential and competition. SoundHound claims its Polaris speech model outperforms rivals in accuracy.

Stock Market Today

  • Japan Stocks Drop 5% as Yen Hits 160 to the Dollar Amid Middle East Tensions
    March 30, 2026, 12:25 AM EDT. Japan's Nikkei 225 slumped 5% shortly after Monday's open to a more than year-long low of 50,566.99, pressured by ongoing Middle East conflict and Brent crude oil exceeding $115 per barrel. The yen weakened beyond ¥160 to the dollar over the weekend, seen by market participants as a critical level that may prompt government intervention. Atsushi Mimura, Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs, warned that speculative activity in the forex market is intensifying and that decisive measures could be imminent if the situation persists. The benchmark started 2024 around 51,010 and peaked near 59,332 in late February before geopolitical tensions escalated.
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