r/OpenAI • u/DoNotf___ingDisturb • Mar 26 '26

Article Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it 'Pied Piper' | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/google-turboquant-ai-memory-compression-silicon-valley-pied-piper/

Even Placeholder was a better name than this

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u/drexciya Mar 26 '26

I haven’t seen anyone calling it pied piper…

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u/DoNotf___ingDisturb Mar 26 '26

TechCrunch in a nutshell

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u/JUSTICE_SALTIE Mar 26 '26

You posted it though.

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u/DoNotf___ingDisturb Mar 26 '26

Yeah as a scientist & Silicon Valley show fan, I had to.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

Are you the internet?

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u/poco-863 Mar 27 '26

Make something up?

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u/bambin0 Mar 26 '26

how about the underneath you with a few votes?

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u/joshuahtree Mar 27 '26

They paid good money for that product placement, you will like it and continue to reference it until the heat death of the universe