AI News You Missed - March 2026

Latest (non-comfyui) releases you (might of) missed in March 2026: **🧠 LLMs** 1. **NVIDIA gpt-oss-puzzle-88B** \- NVIDIA unlocks serious speed with this massive 88 billion parameter model. 2. **Nemotron-Cascade-2-30B** \- An uncensored 30B model released by Dealignai for unrestricted conversations. 3. **Qwen3.5-122B-A10B-Uncensored** \- A huge 122B parameter model that defies limits with an aggressive, uncensored approach. 4. **LongCat-Flash-Prover** \- Meituan's new model specializes in solving formal mathematical proofs. 5. **Regency-Aghast-27b** \- FPHam updates this 27B model to write in the style of Jane Austen. 6. **MiniCPM-o-4\_5** \- OpenBMB debuts a model capable of real-time vision and voice processing. 7. **Chuck Norris LLM** \- A unique model designed to flex its muscles on complex reasoning tasks. 8. **GRM2-3b** \- OrionLLM packs giant reasoning power into a small, efficient 3 billion parameter package. 9. **Nanbeige4.1-3B** \- A compact model that bridges the gap between reasoning and AI agents. 10. **Ming-flash-omni-2.0** \- InclusionAI brings an "any to any" approach to multimodal tasks. 11. **GLM-OCR** \- Z.ai team releases an efficient model for optical character recognition. 12. **Platio\_merged\_model** \- Alibidaran debuts PlaiTO, a model focused on improved reasoning. 13. **Qwen3-Coder-Next-GGUF** \- Unsloth provides optimized GGUF files for the latest Qwen coding model. **🖼️ Image** 1. **Mugen** \- Cabal Research elevates anime character creation with this new model. 2. **ArcFlow** \- A new tool that generates high-quality AI images in just two steps. 3. **Qwen-Image-Edit LoRA** \- A LoRA that allows for image editing from 96 different angles. 4. **Z-Image-Distilled** \- Speeds up Z-Image generation so it only takes 10 steps. 5. **Z-Image-Fun-Lora-Distill** \- Alibaba-pai releases a distilled LoRA for faster image creation. 6. **Z-Image-SDNQ-uint4-svd-r32** \- A new quantization method to make image models run more efficiently. **🎬 Video** 1. **daVinci-MagiHuman** \- Conjures expressive talking videos directly from text prompts. 2. **SAMA-14B** \- A 14B model that masters video editing while perfectly preserving original motion. 3. **SANA-Video** \- NVIDIA accelerates 2K AI video creation with this new tool. 4. **OmniVideo2-A14B** \- Fudan-FUXI unveils a powerful new tool for omnidirectional video creation. **🎧 Audio** 1. **PrismAudio** \- Transforms silent videos into realistic soundtracks automatically. 2. **WAVe-1B-Multimodal-NL** \- Refines Dutch speech data for better multilingual performance. 3. **MOSS-TTS** \- A speech synthesis studio designed to run on home GPUs. 4. **Ace-Step1.5** \- ACE-Step pumps up the volume with an updated 1.5 release. **🏋️ Training** 1. **ai-toolkit** \- Now supports training Lightricks videos locally with LTX 2.3 integration. **📊 Datasets** 1. **Michael Hafftka Catalog Raisonné** \- Chronicles 50 years of art in a massive new dataset. 2. **WorldVQA** \- MoonshotAI releases a dataset designed to test AI memory capabilities. 3. **Google Code Archive** \- Nyuuzyou preserves the Google Code archive for future reference. **🛠️ Other Tools** 1. **SDDj** \- Supercharges Aseprite with offline AI animation capabilities. 2. **UniInfer** \- Checks if your hardware can handle a model before you download it. 3. **LoRA Pilot** \- Vavo debuts a tool for hassle-free AI model training. 4. **Kreuzberg** \- Version 4.5.0 adds layout detection to supercharge AI pipelines. 5. **Transformer-language-model** \- Brings the power of training transformer models to home PCs. 6. **Strix Halo AI Stack** \- Transforms AMD PCs into personal AI servers. 7. **SyntheticGen** \- Crafts balanced data to train smarter satellite AI. 8. **OmniPromptStyle CheatSheet** \- A cheat sheet for comparing different AI model styles. 9. **SD Webui Style Organizer** \- Transforms style selection with a helpful visual grid. 10. **Speech Swift** \- Delivers optimized voice AI for Apple Silicon chips. 11. **ImageTagger** \- A new tool to help clean up messy machine learning datasets. 12. **MioTTS-Inference** \- Brings fast voice cloning inference to local machines. 13. **llama.cpp MCP Client** \- Gives your local AI models real-world skills and tool use. 14. **Bytecut Director** \- Streamlines the AI video production workflow. 15. **Voice-Clone-Studio** \- FranckyB updates the app for easy voice cloning. 16. **MRS-core** \- A reasoning engine built specifically for AI agents. 17. **AI-Video-Clipper-LoRA** \- Cyberbol releases a tool for caption generation in video clips. 18. **FreeFuse** \- A LoRA framework designed for creating AI art. 19. **Lemonade-sdk** \- Adds image support to the Lemonade development kit. 20. **CaptionFoundry** \- A free tool for generating captions. **Need to go further back?** Check out the full archive at **News You Missed**. If there's anything wrong, feel free to scream at me in the comments! PS: Some oldish news in there and I had to skip some to catch up, but that will be sorted for the end of April. Going to use r/StableDiffusion for all local AI releases, instead of spamming other subreddits. However, comfyui may have its own from time to time because there are so many releases! **Also March comfy releases here.**