Google Found a Way to Make Local AI Up to 3x Faster—No New Hardware Required

In brief Google released Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) drafters for Gemma 4, delivering up to a 3x speedup at inference without any degradation in output quality. The technique—called speculative decoding—uses a lightweight “drafter” model to predict several tokens at once, which the main model then verifies in parallel, bypassing the one-token-at-a-time bottleneck. MTP drafters are available…

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    Stocks Hit Record as Oil Falls on US-Iran Hopes

    A record-breaking run drove stocks toward their longest weekly rally since 2024 amid hopes for a deal to end the Iran war that has rattled financial markets and jeopardized the economic outlook. Jaya Thibard Wajja, head of FX strategy at TD Securities, and Bloomberg’s Jeff Mason join Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg) Source link

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    Trump World launches ballroom blitz in wake of WHCA dinner shooting

    President Trump and his political allies are pointing to Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner as providing urgent proof of the need for his planned ballroom on White House grounds, touting its security strengths for large events.  Trump highlighted the ballroom’s potential security benefits shortly after the shooting on Saturday, telling……

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