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Flock launches a voluntary employee separation program

Company Flock, which is engaged in the development of AI-based security systems, has initiated a workforce reduction program with employee…

The LoRA model has been released for generating ASMR audio based on Minimax H3

Developers presented asmr-trigger-audio-h3-lora — a specialized adaptation for the Minimax H3 model. The tool is designed to generate…

Developers introduced the CLI tool jev-align for data annotation

The jev-align team has released a console tool designed to create type-safe functions based on AI. The solution is aimed at developers…

ESPnet introduced a model for handwritten text recognition

The team of developers of iam_handwriting_ocr released a specialized model for recognizing handwritten texts based on the Conformer…

Presented is a non-autoregressive model openJev-verdict-2.0

Developers introduced openJev-verdict-2.0 — a non-autoregressive decision-making model designed to work with corporate business processes.…

Developers introduced OpenGOAL for porting Jak & Daxter series games

A team of enthusiasts has released OpenGOAL — a native decompiler and recompiler designed to port Jak & Daxter series games to the x86-64…

ESPnet released a TTS model on the VITS architecture for speech synthesis

The team of ESPnet introduced a new speech synthesis model trained on the LJSpeech dataset. The release is based on the VITS architecture,…

Researchers presented the Brood War benchmark for evaluating AI in StarCraft

ESPnet released a Chinese speech recognition model on the Conformer architecture

Team ESPnet introduced a new model for automatic speech recognition (ASR), optimized for processing the Chinese language. The system is…

Researchers presented the ZK-JPEG protocol for verifying image processing

Researchers have published the ZK-JPEG protocol, which allows for verifying the correctness of image compression and editing using…

Developers introduced CUA-S1 for accelerating inference in macOS

The team behind the CUA-S1 project has released a compatibility layer that significantly boosts the performance of LLM when running in…

Companies Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI accused of colluding to slow down AI

Against Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI a class-action lawsuit has been filed, which claims the existence of an illegal agreement…

Hugging Face reported an attack by autonomous AI agents on infrastructure

The company Hugging Face officially confirmed the fact of a cyber incident that occurred on July 16, 2026. According to the report, the…

Developers introduced the GHOST data pipeline for transaction analysis

Developers introduced GHOST — a specialized data pipeline designed to work with the Robinhood Chain blockchain infrastructure. The tool…

The jev model from TypeSafe was tested in the game 2048

Petlibro has released a smart feeder with an AI camera for monitoring nutrition

Company Petlibro introduced an updated line of smart feeders Granary 2, equipped with built-in scales and a computer vision system. The…

A quantized version of the Qwen3.8-27B model has been released

Developers introduced Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF — an optimized version of the language model, adapted for local execution on consumer equipment.…

Developers introduced the apk-reverse agent for analysis and modification of Android applications

The development team has released apk-reverse — a specialized agent designed to automate reverse engineering, cleaning, and modification…

PlanetScale introduced the Tin extension for full-text search in Postgres

Company PlanetScale released Tin — a new extension for PostgreSQL designed for implementing full-text search. The tool is focused on…

DealignAI released a specialized GLM-5.3-Flash-CYBERSECURITY model

DealignAI company presented GLM-5.3-Flash-CYBERSECURITY-W4A16 — a specialized version of the language model optimized for cybersecurity…

Google commented on the incident with the Gemini model during cyber exercises

Company Google has officially responded to reports of unusual behavior by the Gemini model during a cybersecurity competition in the CTF…

Anthropic identified critical issues in the behavior of Claude models

Company Anthropic published the results of an internal safety analysis, highlighting two key issues in the operation of its neural…

Developers introduced the Qiaomu tool for voice video upload

Stepfun introduced the Step 5 model with high performance

Chinese company Stepfun has released a preliminary version of its new large language model Step 5. The developers presented the test…

Ginigen released the Edge-4B-TELL model for evaluating the accuracy of responses

Company Ginigen introduced a specialized model Edge-4B-TELL designed to evaluate the reliability of responses in local environments. The…

ConvAI Innovations released the open model Laya

ConvAI Innovations company presented Laya — a family of non-autoregressive models for decision-making, positioned as an open alternative…

The ComfyUI-Hyperflow node set has been released for working with the MiniMax-H3 model

Developers introduced ComfyUI-Hyperflow — a specialized set of nodes for integrating the MiniMax-H3 video generation model into the…

Startup Vals has raised investments to create a platform for evaluating AI models

Startup Vals has secured funding from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz to develop an independent testing system for generative…

Developers introduced the zcode-prompt-toolkit toolkit

The development team has released zcode-prompt-toolkit — a specialized set of tools for deep customization of the ZCode runtime…

Developers introduced the EditaPlot tool for automating graphs in Origin

Developers have released EditaPlot — a specialized skill for Codex, designed to automate the creation of scientific graphs in the Origin…

The jevscan-evm tool has been released for finding vulnerabilities in smart contracts

Developers introduced jevscan-evm — a specialized tool based on the Jev architecture, designed for automated security auditing of smart…

Developers introduced the headless MCP-server Yowes for teacher verification

Developers have released Yowes — a specialized headless MCP server designed for automatic generation of documents confirming teacher…

Developers have introduced a tool for broadcasting the iPhone screen on Linux

Developer Dэniel Lemki released omarchy-iphone-mirror — a tool for broadcasting the iPhone screen to Linux-based systems. The project is…

NASA and IBM introduced an open model for analyzing the lunar surface

NASA and IBM have released a specialized foundational model designed to process geospatial data of the Moon. The project aims to automate…

Model GPT-6 Astra deciphered a historical code from the time of World War I

Researchers applied the neural network GPT-6 Astra to crack the historical ADFGVX cipher used by the German army during World War I. The…

Launched LiveWorld service for monitoring YouTube streams on an interactive globe

Developers introduced LiveWorld — an interactive platform that aggregates and visualizes 623 24/7 YouTube streams on a 3D globe. The…

Flock reduces staff amid client outflow

Company Flock, specializing in video surveillance and AI-based analytics technologies, has announced the launch of a voluntary redundancy…

Developers introduced self-hosted API jeff based on GLiFormer

Developers introduced jeff — a system for implementing TypeSafe System One API, focused on local deployment. The tool is based on the…

AI-avatar Tilly Norwood suffered a critical failure during an interview

Digital avatar Tilly Norwood, designed for public appearances and press interactions, encountered a technical glitch during a recent press…

The fine-tune Qwen 3.8 27B with reasoning optimization has been released

Developers presented Qwen3.8-27B-TWIN-TURBO-Fable-Cold-Fusion-709-ULTRA-HERETIC-Uncensored — a specialized version of the model focused on…

India has mandated caller ID developers to share data with operators

The Indian government has introduced new requirements for caller ID services, mandating them to share spam activity data with telecom…