The Daily Index — Thursday, March 19, 2026

HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

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MINIMAX LAUNCHES M2.7 MODEL ON MINIMAX AGENT AND APIS

MiniMax's M2.7 model is now publicly available via the MiniMax Agent and the MiniMax API Platform. It supports complex workflows in software engineering, office productivity, and research environments. The model features capabilities like autonomous debugging and research agent harnesses. MiniMax's release marks a shift towards models that participate in their own evolution.

testingcatalog.com · 1 min

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XIAOMI STUNS WITH NEW MIMO-V2-PRO LLM NEARING GPT-5.2, OPUS 4.6 PERFORMANCE AT A FRACTION OF THE COST

Xiaomi's MiMo-V2-Pro is a 1-trillion-parameter foundation model with performance approaching that of models from OpenAI and Anthropic but at a fraction of the cost. The model uses a sparse architecture that only activates 42 billion parameters during any single forward pass. It has a Multi-Token Prediction layer that allows it to anticipate and generate multiple tokens simultaneously, drastically reducing the latency required for 'thinking'. The model is currently only available via Xiaomi's first-party API. Xiaomi plans to release an open source variant of the model.

venturebeat.com · 10 min

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WHAT 81,000 PEOPLE WANT FROM AI

Anthropic conducted a large-scale study with 80,508 global participants to understand their hopes and fears about AI usage. Key desires include professional excellence and life improvements, while main concerns revolve around AI unreliability and job displacement. People experience AI as both a productivity tool and a potential dependency, highlighting its dual role in enhancing and complicating life.

anthropic.com · 35 min

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GPT 5.4 IS A BIG STEP FOR CODEX

GPT 5.4 brings a ton more simple usability and 'agentness'. It is the first OpenAI agent that feels like it can do a lot of random tasks. The instruction following of the model is precise, and the model just does what you tell it to do. GPT 5.4 will likely appeal to the master coordinator who wants to unleash an AI army on distributed tasks.

interconnects.ai · 7 min

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HOW DID ANTHROPIC DO IT?

Anthropic was popular early on with the earliest adopters. The company is now leveraging that early-adopter base to go mainstream. Data suggests that the company's tools are becoming the consumer default. Anthropic still struggles to meet its own demand and is actively turning away revenue because it doesn't have the compute to serve it. Demand for its products is growing despite the company charging more for roughly equivalent performance.

ramp.com · 4 min

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INTRODUCING THE MACHINE PAYMENTS PROTOCOL

Stripe announced support for programmable LLMs, enabling businesses to create customized payment experiences. This feature allows companies to integrate AI models into their payment processes for enhanced user interactions. Stripe's new LLM support aims to streamline and personalize the payment journey for users.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 2 min

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THE INTERNET RUINED CUSTOMER SERVICE. AI COULD SAVE IT.

AI can revolutionize customer service by offering personalized, scalable, and concierge-like experiences for all consumers, bridging the gap between luxury services and mass-market customer support. Decagon, a leading AI platform, enhances customer service by resolving over 80% of inquiries autonomously, boosting satisfaction, and drastically reducing costs. If successful, this model transforms customer interaction into a continuous, proactive relationship, fundamentally changing the way businesses engage with consumers worldwide.

a16z.com · 13 min

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HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF AI

Effective AI sensemaking involves focusing solely on detailed field reports while ignoring opinions, predictions, and speculative essays. The method emphasizes four key questions: new outcomes, potential actions, relative outcome values, and causal relationships.

commoncog.com · 17 min

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EXPLORE OPENSEARCH

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GREETINGS, EARTHLINGS: PHILIP JOHNSTON OF STARCLOUD ON DATA CENTERS IN SPACE

Starcloud's approach utilizes space-based solar power, avoiding terrestrial transmission losses and permitting delays.

sequoiacap.com · 44 min

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COMET BROWSER ON IOS

Perplexity Comet for iOS brings Perplexity's AI‑native browser to iOS with voice interaction, hybrid search results, and an in‑browser assistant that can answer questions about open pages or help complete tasks.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

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HOW A SMALL TEAM SCALED AI INFRASTRUCTURE

A six‑engineer team scaled an AI platform serving millions of businesses by consolidating infrastructure into a single codebase and platform to simplify operations and support rapid growth.

vercel.com · 7 min