Tencent open-sources Hunyuan-MT translation model series
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Tencent Holdings Ltd today open-sourced a new lineup of language models, the Hunyuan-MT series, that is optimized for translation tasks. The Chinese tech firm says that the algorithms significantly outperform Google Translate on a popular artificial intel…
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xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model, including the weights. Elon Musk announced on X that Grok 2.5, xAI's top model for 2024, is now open source.The article xAI has released Grok 2 as an open model with its weights now available for download appeared…
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DeepSeek Launches V3.1, a 685-Billion Parameter Open-Source AI Model
Chinese startup DeepSeek has released its latest open-source AI model, V3.1, boasting 685 billion parameters. The groundbreaking model aims to rival industry titans by offering unprecedented performance and accessibility, marking a significant milestone in the competitive evolution of large language models.
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PyPI now blocks domain resurrection attacks used for hijacking accounts
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - The Python Package Index (PyPI) has introduced new protections against domain resurrection attacks that enable hijacking accounts through password resets. [...]
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OpenAI Finally Lives Up to Its Name, Drops Two New Open Source AI Models
Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - The AI company is looking to get back in the business of transparency.
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Qwen-Image Launch: Open Source AI Image Generator with Text Support
The new Qwen-Image tool promises to transform AI image generation by seamlessly embedding native text alongside visuals. Built on open‐source principles with dual-language support in English and Chinese, the tool is sparking interest among developers and creatives eager to streamline their workflows—albeit with a hint of cautious optimism.
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China’s Xiaomi Unveils Open-Source Voice Model That Rivals Google and OpenAI
Robert Brown / implicator - Xiaomi just released a free voice AI model that outperforms Google and OpenAI's paid systems. The open-source MiDashengLM-7B processes audio 20x faster than competitors and handles speech, music, and environmental sounds as one unified system.
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CISA open-sources Thorium platform for malware, forensic analysis
Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today announced the public availability of Thorium, an open-source platform for malware and forensic analysts across the government, public, and private sectors. [...]
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Qwen Unveils Open Source AI Model Dominating Key Benchmarks
The Qwen team has rolled out its new open-source AI model, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507, which is outperforming heavyweights like OpenAI’s Gemini on major benchmarks. This summer release underscores the relentless pace of AI innovation, fueling fierce competition in the arena.
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Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Simon Willison / simonwillison - Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507Significant new model release from Qwen, published yesterday without much fanfare.This is a follow-up to their April release of the full Qwen 3 model family, which included a Qwen3-235B-A22B model which could handle both …
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Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - French startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with Voxtral, its first open model, aiming to challenge the dominance of walled-off corporate systems with open-weight alternatives.
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Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model. This would mark a major philosophical shift for Meta.
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Google is bringing Gemini CLI to developers’ terminals
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - Google has launched a new open-source AI agent that brings Gemini’s coding, content generation, and research capabilities directly into developers’ terminals. Gemini CLI provides a “fundamental upgrade to your command line experience,” according to Google…
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Google donates the Agent2Agent Protocol to the Linux Foundation
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Google LLC’s cloud unit has donated the Agent2Agent Protocol, a technology that facilitates interactions between artificial intelligence agents, to the Linux Foundation. The search giant announced the move on Monday at the Open Source Summit North America…
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Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
therecord - Denmark's digital affairs ministry says it plans to switch to the open source LibreOffice software and away from Microsoft products as part of an effort to make the government more digitally independent.
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Researchers build massive AI training dataset using only openly licensed sources
Jonathan Kemper / the-decoder - The Common Pile is the first large-scale text dataset built entirely from openly licensed sources, offering an alternative to web data restricted by copyright.The article Researchers build massive AI training dataset using only openly licensed sources app…
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Stunning Witcher 4 Tech Demo Unveils Next‑Gen Open World
The latest Witcher 4 demonstrations offer an in‑depth look at an evolving open‐world experience powered by Unreal Engine 5. Multiple tech demos—featuring a cinematic trailer and gameplay footage on PS5—showcase enhanced visuals, though enthusiasts note some performance caveats amid varying presentations.
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Hugging Face unveils affordable open-source humanoid robots designs
Hugging Face is generating buzz by unveiling two open‐source humanoid robots—HopeJR and Reachy Mini—with designs aimed at bringing advanced robotics technology within reach. The move is painted as a bold step toward democratizing robotics while keeping costs pleasantly low.
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Red Hat Boosts AI Capabilities, Spotlighting vLLM and Partnerships
At its annual conference, Red Hat detailed a dual-pronged push into enterprise AI. The company showcased its new vLLM and llm-d tools designed to streamline production and highlighted a broader partner ecosystem strategy to scale AI workload management.
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Mistral Debuts Open-Source Devstral AI for Code
French startup Mistral has unveiled Devstral, an open-source large language model crafted specifically for coding. This innovative AI promises to streamline software development and challenge legacy models, reminding competitors that in tech, openness often trumps obsolescence.
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