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Kimi K3 is now live, designed specifically for agentic coding and complex knowledge work. This new model empowers users to ask anything or task an agent with advanced capabilities. It features powerf…
As part of a global strategy adjustment, OnePlus has announced it will stop launching new products in Europe and North America. However, existing users will continue to receive software updates, secu…
We are thrilled to open source Microsoft Comic Chat, the legendary 1990s application that transformed IRC text into comic panels and introduced the world to Comic Sans. Originally built by Microsoft…
Our team has spent a year and a half rewriting the Roc compiler from Rust into Zig, recently achieving feature parity. This massive effort unlocked hot code loading, zero-allocation pattern matching,…
I created Decoy Font, a free TTF file that uses spatial frequencies to display different text depending on viewing distance. While humans see the hidden message from afar, AI models like ChatGPT and…
We are renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook to better reflect its place within our AI family. This standalone research tool now features a secure cloud computer that allows you to run code directly…
I agree with almost every valid critique of LLMs, from environmental damage to the flood of low-quality code, yet I still rely on them daily. This dissonance is shared by many engineers who applaud c…
I invite you to explore a unique approach to learning linear algebra through our interactive book. We guide you from basic vector concepts and dot products to advanced topics like eigenvalues and eig…
Fed up with low-quality AI fanfics on Lofter, I built a detector using scikit-learn and TF-IDF instead of complex LLMs. By training on pre-ChatGPT human texts and diverse AI outputs from Gemini, Qwen…
The NOAA GOES-19 weather satellite has unexpectedly entered Safe Hold mode, triggering immediate monitoring by the Space Weather Prediction Center. This precautionary measure halts normal operations…
We are thrilled to introduce LM Studio Bionic, a new AI agent designed to get real work done with open models while keeping you in control. Whether you are coding, researching, or managing documents,…
A recent firmware update on my MINI Countryman completely disabled Android Auto and CarPlay, exposing the failure of rapid deployment cycles. I argue that the industry's obsession with two-week sprin…
We built an autonomous harness to let Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol create full music videos for Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk' with strict budgets. By logging every tool call, we watched them research m…
I discovered how to train a custom diffusion model for kick drums using just an old Linux desktop with 6GB VRAM. By optimizing the workflow and leveraging efficient techniques, you can generate uniqu…
We explore the deep mathematical principles driving data science, from high-dimensional surprises to deep learning. Our work covers essential topics like singular value decomposition, graph clusterin…
clx is a modern cross-platform ahead-of-time compiler that transforms Lua scripts into standalone native executables using a C++20 backend. Unlike traditional interpreters, clx eliminates bytecode ov…
I argue that the era of pseudonymous blogging is ending because our unique writing styles act as statistical fingerprints. With modern LLMs like Claude 4.8, even small text samples can link multiple…
Mozilla's investigation reveals that popular period trackers like Stardust and Spot On often share sensitive health data with companies like Google and Meta. While some apps like Euki keep data stric…
We detected helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky exoplanet located in the habitable zone. This discovery suggests that even Earth-like worlds can lose their atmospheres over time, ch…
I report that CD sales surged 16% to 16.3 million units in the first half of 2026, significantly outpacing vinyl's modest 2.4% growth. While BTS played a major role, the revival extends beyond K-pop,…
I created this short introduction to Reinforcement Learning to guide readers from fundamental concepts to applied algorithms. Alongside the book, I have shared Pytorch implementations ranging from Mo…
I explore how continuations in Gleam allow us to write a single business logic function that works seamlessly with synchronous, fallible, and asynchronous data sources. Instead of maintaining separat…
Mojibake is a lightweight, self-contained Unicode 17 text-processing library designed for C11 and C++17 developers. It eliminates the need for external dependencies or runtime installations by provid…
We present Ring-Zero, a stable training pipeline scaling Zero RL to one trillion parameters. Our experiments reveal that massive scaling enhances sample efficiency and triggers spontaneous cognitive…
Our team has identified Likweli, a distinct Colobus monkey species living high in the canopies of Lomami National Park. This discovery marks only the fifth new African monkey found in 75 years, confi…
I built Timeline Scan to solve the frustration of scanned family photos appearing out of order. Instead of showing the scan date, our AI analyzes handwriting, timestamps, and visual clues to find the…
I created Solod, a strict subset of Go that compiles directly to readable C11 code. You get Go's safety, tooling, and syntax without the overhead of garbage collection or a runtime. Everything is sta…
We built Traceforce to give companies full visibility into AI apps like ChatGPT and Claude running on employee devices. Our lightweight solution discovers how these tools connect to data sources via…
I uncovered a critical unauthenticated command injection in FortiSandbox, now listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a CVSS score of 9.8. This is the third such flaw exploite…
Libretto PR Agents revolutionizes browser automation by automatically diagnosing and fixing failing Playwright scripts. When a test fails, the agent investigates the live page, identifies the root ca…
At Modal, we rebuilt our sandbox platform from the ground up to support millions of concurrent sandboxes and tens of thousands of creations per second. By removing central bottlenecks and trading glo…
ReasonGate is an open-source security layer designed to protect LLM applications from prompt injection attacks by providing auditable, explainable decisions for every block. Unlike black-box filters,…
We discovered our bootstrap engine was slower than competitors because we prioritized FLOPs over memory traffic. By stopping the materialization of giant tensors and eliminating unnecessary state, we…
The USGS National Earthquake Information Center has identified a magnitude 3.9 event as an experimental explosion rather than a natural earthquake. Occurring 147 kilometers east-northeast of Ponce In…