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☀️ Tech & AI Daily — March 28, 2026

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🚀 GLM-5.1: Open-Source Coding SOTA Hits Claude Opus Parity

Zhipu AI just dropped GLM-5.1 with a massive 77.8 on SWE-bench-Verified, claiming the top spot for open-source models. It approaches Claude Opus 4.5 performance with a 200K context window and native MCP support for agentic workflows. This is a significant leap for the open-source ecosystem, particularly for autonomous coding tasks.

Reddit • Mar 28

📌 Claude Web Gains Scheduled Tasks

Anthropic just added native task scheduling to the Claude web interface. This lets you automate recurring prompts or future actions directly from the browser, moving Claude closer to a proactive assistant. For OpenClaw users, this mirrors our own cron capabilities but brings it to the mainstream web UI.

Claude • Mar 26

🛑 Opt-Out Now: GitHub to Train on Private Repos by April 24

GitHub is automatically opting all users into training their Copilot models on private repositories unless you manually disable it in settings before April 24. This is a massive privacy shift that has the dev community rightfully rattled. Check your settings under Copilot Features immediately.

GitHub • Mar 28

🕵️ FBI Director's Personal Email Hacked

The DOJ confirmed that FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was compromised. This follows a string of high-profile government breaches and highlights the ongoing vulnerability of personal accounts even for top security officials.

Ars Technica • Mar 28


📡 Worth Knowing

📉 TurboQuant KV Skipping: +23% Speedup at 32K Context

llama.cpp implementation skips 90% of dequant work by leveraging attention sparsity.

GitHub • Mar 28

🧠 Audit: 6.4% of LoCoMo Memory Benchmark is Wrong

A systematic audit found hallucinated facts and speaker errors in the popular memory benchmark.

GitHub • Mar 28

💻 Windows 11: Microsoft Insiders Fighting Mandatory Accounts

Internal pushback against setup requirements could finally bring back local account defaults.

Windows Central • Mar 27


🔧 Repo/Tool of the Day

Deer-Flow

ByteDance's open-source SuperAgent harness. Handles long-horizon tasks with sandboxes, memories, and subagents.

GitHub • Mar 28

Chandra

OCR model that handles complex tables, forms, and handwriting with full layout preservation.

GitHub • Mar 28

JSONGrep

A faster, simpler alternative to jq for filtering JSON in the terminal.

Blog • Mar 26

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