Latent Space AI Meta to Layoff 20%, AI Cured Dogs Cancer, Nvidia's New Chip
Mar 16, 2026
A rundown of a dog cured with an AI-designed personalized cancer vaccine. A sneak peek at NVIDIA's next AI chip that could shift industry performance. Coverage of a $10B OpenAI enterprise push and how private equity might scale AI fast. Discussion of major tech workforce cuts as companies redirect spending toward big AI investments.
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Dog Saved By AI Designed Personalized Vaccine
- Jaeden Schafer recounts Paul Conahan using ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine for his dog Rosie.
- Rosie received an injection in December and by March her tumor shrank ~75%, highlighting rapid AI-assisted personalized medicine in practice.
Next NVIDIA Chips Will Reset Inference Performance
- NVIDIA's GTC reveal will likely set a new performance ceiling for AI inference and deployment workloads.
- Jaeden notes the industry is shifting from training-centric to massive inference demand as models are deployed everywhere.
OpenAI Targeting PE Portfolios For Rapid Enterprise AI Scale
- OpenAI is exploring a $10 billion joint venture with private equity firms to deploy AI across thousands of portfolio companies.
- Partners like TPG, Bain Capital, Advent, and Brookfield would accelerate enterprise AI adoption by bundling deployment across portfolios.