Open-Source AI
Open models — Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen and others — are catching up to closed labs and let you run AI on your own hardware, vendor-free. That shifts the balance of power, the safety debate and the economics of the field. Here is everything on open-source AI: open-weight releases, licenses, local deployment and the race against closed models.
Tech Aquarium on Two GTX 1660 Supers: How I Ran Qwen 2.5 and Built It Into INFERNUM
Developer McCake built a home PC with two GTX 1660 Super GPUs (12GB VRAM combined), ran Qwen 2.5 14B through Ollama, and embedded it into INFERNUM, an interactive…
AI Speeds Up Coding, but Productivity Isn't Rising: What DevEx Metrics Explain
Teams expected 3–4x output, yet in METR's experiment experienced developers using AI worked 19% slower. Why DORA and SPACE don't explain this, and how DevEx fills…
Alibaba's Qwen-Image-2.1: 7 Billion Parameters, 2K Output, and It Runs on a 16 GB MacBook Air
Qwen released Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7 billion-parameter diffusion transformer with output up to 2K. Enthusiasts already run it locally on a 16 GB MacBook Air with no…
Atlassian Does Not Use Chinese AI Models in Production, CEO Cannon-Brookes Says
Alibaba Turns a $60,000 Start into a $53 Billion AI Bet
In a Couple of Months: How AI Built an Open Source Competitor to Adobe and Microsoft
200 OK, but the client gets nothing: three n8n agent bugs from production
Meta Releases Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full: Two Points Short of Opus 5.5
Meta unveiled the two-model Muse Wonder family, aiming at "personal superintelligence." On the intelligence index, the flagship trails Opus 5.5 by just two points.
'AI Is a Tool' Post Hits 233 Points on Hacker News: Skill Is What Matters
A yyhh.org post arguing that using AI well takes skill drew 233 points and 209 comments on Hacker News. We examine the thesis and the research that tests it.
Meta releases Muse Wonder and claims a big leap over its predecessors
Sourcegraph's Amp Learns to Watch Its Own PRs: Comments, Reviews, and CI in a Single Thread
Meta Shares Jump on New Muse Wonder Model as Market Waits for Numbers
Meta releases Muse Wonder: shares rise, but the numbers are still under wraps
OpenAI GPT-6 Sol, Luna and Astra Now Available in Bedrock From Five Asian Regions
AWS has opened three OpenAI GPT-6 models via global cross-Region inference in Bedrock for Singapore, Jakarta, Thailand, Malaysia and Taipei.
OpenAI Expands Its Dublin Headquarters: New Jobs at the EU Office
OpenAI has announced new jobs in Dublin. The number of roles is undisclosed, but the Irish office increasingly serves as the company's EU hub amid the AI Act and…