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New unified reasoning and intuitive language model, Video Ads Foundation Models, Agent Leaderboard, 1.6B open-source expressive TTS, Mobile App development in Replit and Bolt, and more

AI Brews • 12 implied HN points • 14 Feb 25
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. A new language model called DeepHermes-3 combines reasoning and regular responses to give better answers. It can switch between detailed thinking and simpler replies.
  2. Google's AlphaGeometry2 has improved and now performs even better than gold medalists in math competitions. This shows how powerful AI can be in solving complex problems.
  3. Replit and Bolt have launched tools for building mobile apps easily, making it simpler for developers to create iOS and Android applications directly from their platform.

Chuyện bây giờ mới kể: Made in Vietnam

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 179 implied HN points • 27 Jun 19
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. The open source culture in technology allows people to share and use creative accomplishments, contributing to the backbone of the Internet.
  2. Vietnam has programmers involved in important open-source projects, providing a valuable way to learn, share, connect, and introduce themselves to the world.
  3. Despite the popularity of Linux worldwide, schools, companies, and government agencies in Vietnam still predominantly use Windows, showing a one-way flow of technology from the world into Vietnam.

Open-Weight alternative to GPT-4o Realtime, Athene-V2, Stripe Agent Toolkit, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B, Prompt Canvas and Promptim, Vidu-1.5, MagicQuill, OpenCoder and more

AI Brews • 17 implied HN points • 15 Nov 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Alibaba Cloud launched a new coding model, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B, which performs as well as GPT-4o for programming tasks.
  2. Fixie AI introduced Ultravox, a real-time conversation AI that works directly from speech input without separate recognition, making it very fast.
  3. Google's Gemini model is now top-ranked for chatbots, achieving impressive performance with many user votes.

Cảnh báo: lỗ hổng lộ thông tin gần 25 triệu người đã tiêm vaccine ở Việt Nam

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 59 implied HN points • 04 Oct 21
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Nearly 25 million people who have received vaccines in Vietnam may have had their personal information exposed due to security vulnerabilities in the national electronic health record system.
  2. The leaked information includes sensitive data like names, addresses, ID numbers, phone numbers, workplaces, and health insurance details, putting individuals at risk of privacy breaches and potential misuse.
  3. Discovering and addressing software vulnerabilities is crucial, but fixing underlying systemic issues, fostering transparency, and inviting expert collaboration upfront can prevent larger security breaches in the future.

The Nerdiest Possible Way to Make Sourdough

Tim's Tech Things • 2 HN points • 09 May 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Creating a healthy sourdough starter involves feeding it with flour and water until it's ready to use in baking, which contributes to the delicious taste and texture of the bread.
  2. Monitoring the rise of sourdough starter is crucial to ensure there are enough active yeast cells to create CO2 bubbles, which make the bread light and fluffy.
  3. Using computer vision with Python, ffmpeg, and algorithms like rolling averages and derivatives can help automate the process of determining when sourdough is ready for baking.
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Lets compile Linux DOOM

Deus In Machina • 36 implied HN points • 01 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Compiling the Linux DOOM source code requires setting up the source code from the id-software repository and navigating through different build methods like Make and CMake.
  2. Encountering and solving errors in the compilation process involves making adjustments to data types, structure pointers, and handling variables like errno to ensure successful building of the DOOM executable.
  3. To address color depth issues and display errors while running the DOOM game on modern systems, utilizing tools like Xephyr, setting specific environmental variables, and modifying code sections related to color maps and display resolutions becomes critical.

Escape from Big Publishing

Systems Approach • 59 HN points • 29 May 23
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Open source software played a significant role in enabling authors to achieve their publishing goals.
  2. The decision to adopt an open source model for their textbook allowed for wider accessibility and frequent updates.
  3. Transitioning to an open source model for publishing led to more control over content and the ability to engage with the broader community.

Three Short Arguments in AI Policy

From the New World • 32 implied HN points • 06 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Incentivizing open-source development in AI can increase efficiency in training, lower barriers to entry for engineers, and make fixing security issues easier.
  2. Outdated government policies are hindering technological advancements in AI, as highlighted by recent scandals at companies like Google.
  3. Promoting 'dual-use' technologies that have civilian and military applications is crucial for national defense and economic prosperity, restricting them could harm national security and competitiveness.

Because there's not enough fun datasets

Jacobo’s Substack • 1 HN point • 23 Jun 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. The dataset shared focuses on PSG ticket price evolution for the 2023 - 2024 season, collected through scraping the Ticketplace marketplace.
  2. The data format is simple, featuring columns for timestamp, fixture, category, quantity, and price, providing a basis for analyzing ticket pricing trends and making predictions.
  3. The release of this dataset is aimed at facilitating student projects and filling the gap for attractive, open-source datasets for data analysis.

Stable Point Aware 3D, Cosmos, Autonomous game characters and Digits by Nvidia, Qwen Chat, Hailuo's Subject Reference, rStar-Math, Text-to-Video gen with Transparency, Cohere's North, STAR, & more

AI Brews • 12 implied HN points • 10 Jan 25
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Stability AI has released a new tool called Stable Point Aware 3D, which lets you edit 3D objects from just one image really quickly. It's free to use for everyone.
  2. Microsoft has made its Phi-4 model open-source and introduced rStar-Math, a new technique that improves math solving in smaller language models.
  3. Qwen Chat is a new web app allowing users to interact with various Qwen models, making it easy to compare their capabilities all in one place.

Releasing Alpaca-30B

brainwork • 8 HN points • 20 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Alpaca-30B is an instruction-tuned version of a large language model called Llama.
  2. Fine-tuning allows you to improve a model's performance on specific tasks, like QA or summarization.
  3. To use Alpaca-30B, you can follow specific steps to fine-tune the model and run inference.

The MCP Registry Opportunity

The API Changelog • 1 implied HN point • 21 Nov 25
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. The MCP registry is acting like an app store, becoming the central connector that lets AI agents find and use third‑party tools directly.
  2. Zero‑friction, API‑based publishing caused thousands of MCP servers to appear quickly, creating a two‑sided platform of producers and consumers.
  3. That rapid open growth brings quality and discovery problems, so the registry will need curation or verification to keep user trust or risk losing the marketplace role to competitors.

The Week In Repair: May 22-28

Fight to Repair • 19 implied HN points • 31 May 22
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. There is pushback on Apple's self service repair program due to the massive repair kit shipped to customers, with critics calling it excessive and expensive.
  2. Deere tractor owners are resorting to hacking due to restrictions on repairs and modifications set by the company, sparking the need for open source projects like Open Source Ecology & Farm Hack.
  3. Nike's new sneaker design embraces the circular economy by creating a disassemblable product to improve recycling rates, offering a more sustainable approach to footwear.

2 years of building a commercial open-source company

Navaneeth’s Newsletter • 49 implied HN points • 31 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Started ToolJet as a project during home quarantine and faced challenges but received positive feedback from users.
  2. Launched ToolJet's public beta and open-sourced the codebase, gaining quick traction on ProductHunt and HackerNews.
  3. Raised VC funding for ToolJet, transitioned to ToolJet 1.0 with enhanced features, and continued building towards ToolJet 2.0 despite competition.

GitTrends - June 2 2024

GitTrends • 1 HN point • 02 Jun 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Highly popular GitHub projects include ChatTTS, SickoMenu, and YOLOv10 showcasing innovation in speech, gaming, and object detection technologies.
  2. Significant week-to-week growth was observed in projects related to software architecture, AI applications in finance, and search engine libraries, indicating a surge in interest and development in these areas.
  3. Emerging trends include projects like MusicGPT, Rope, and LookOnceToHear, highlighting advancements in music generation, GUI interaction, and real-time speech extraction technologies, contributing to diverse GitHub contributions.

Revisiting the Core-JS situation

On Engineering • 44 implied HN points • 22 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Core-JS is a crucial JavaScript library with significant dependencies in the open-source community and popular software.
  2. The project faced financial difficulties due to the sole maintainer's plea for support and threats to its future.
  3. There are concerns about the security and continuity of Core-JS, emphasizing the need for community involvement, financial support, and alternative solutions.

There is no secure software supply-chain

On Engineering • 44 implied HN points • 12 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. The security of open source software is under threat due to a lack of reliable maintainers, leading to compromised secure software supply chains.
  2. Supply-chain attacks, like the SolarWinds attack, can have massive impacts on government agencies and organizations by compromising dependencies in software.
  3. Incentivizing open source maintainers with money may not always be the best solution; allocating real engineering time and resources to contribute and support open source projects can help maintain software reliability and security.

New tools to use with new scroll

Vesuvius Challenge • 10 implied HN points • 27 Nov 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. The Vesuvius Challenge has introduced new tools to help with studying ancient scrolls. These tools are meant to improve our understanding of scrolls found in Herculaneum.
  2. There is a total of $18,500 available as prizes for community contributions. The rewards are aimed at motivating open-source work that supports the reading and analysis of the new scroll dataset.
  3. Several contributors have developed techniques and tools for better image segmentation and data analysis of scrolls. These advancements help make the process of interpreting ancient texts easier and more accurate.

Data Science Weekly - Issue 466

Data Science Weekly Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 27 Oct 22
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Science education should focus on teaching scientific virtues first, rather than just tools and techniques. This approach helps students understand the core values of scientific inquiry.
  2. A data dictionary is essential for ensuring quality data collection and interpretation. It's best created before data collection to guide your research design.
  3. The Farama Foundation is aimed at improving open-source reinforcement learning by maintaining and standardizing existing libraries. This will help in developing more effective RL tools for the community.

Đổ dầu vào lửa

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 39 implied HN points • 17 Jul 21
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. The author's post discusses legal action against individuals involved in software development, showing the importance of accountability in the tech industry.
  2. Documentation and evidence play crucial roles in supporting claims, as seen in the email thread screenshots shared in the post.
  3. The post highlights the significance of data privacy concerns and the importance of addressing vulnerabilities in software applications for user safety.

Screenshots to Code Dataset, Multi Motion Brush in Gen-2, Open-source AGI, AI system that solves complex geometry problems, AI in drug discovery and more

AI Brews • 22 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Google DeepMind's AlphaGeometry AI system solves complex geometry problems at human Olympiad level.
  2. Codium AI's AlphaCodium improves code generation in LLMs with test-based iterative flow.
  3. Meta is working on open-source AGI and Microsoft Research made progress in AI-driven drug discovery.

Summer 2024

Optimism (for the web) • 10 implied HN points • 19 Oct 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. The author became a dad and is really grateful for having a happy family. It's a big change in life that brings a lot of joy.
  2. They created several new apps, including a SaaS template and a music player, using updated tech like React and Next.js. These tools make it easier to build and use applications.
  3. The author learned to use Vim and switched from VS Code to Neovim, finding it faster and more customizable. They even created a free course to help others learn Vim too.

Time to BLOOM 🌸

Sector 6 | The Newsletter of AIM • 19 implied HN points • 04 Jul 22
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. BLOOM is a new open-source language model with 176 billion parameters. It's considered impressive because it was developed outside of the big tech companies.
  2. This model is similar in structure to GPT-3, but its open-access nature means anyone can use it.
  3. BLOOM represents a shift towards more collaborative and open approaches in AI research and development, encouraging more shared knowledge.

Open Source Meets AI | Red Hat's Scott McCarty

Dev Interrupted • 9 implied HN points • 05 Nov 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Open source AI has the potential to change how enterprises manage software development. This could lead to better trust and benefits for everyone involved.
  2. Startups are advised to be careful about taking too much funding. High valuations can create unrealistic growth expectations, which might hurt the company in the long run.
  3. Tools like Holistic AI OSL are being developed to help create responsible AI by addressing issues like bias and security. This is important for safe and fair AI development.

Fine-tune an open source LLM from Postgres data in 5 minutes

Database Engineering by Sort • 15 implied HN points • 27 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Fine-tuning an open source language model is now super easy and can be done in just five minutes. This makes it accessible for more people to customize LLMs for their needs.
  2. You can use data from a Postgres database to create a product catalog that the fine-tuned LLM can answer questions about. This can help with tasks like customer support and product information.
  3. With tools like Together.ai, you can quickly set up fine-tuning and chat with your customized LLM. It's great for building chatbots and enhancing user interactions.

The Basic Economics of AGI, and Why Open Source will Lose

e/alpha • 2 HN points • 13 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Task-engaged AIs will dominate value creation as they are directly connected to tasks and results, leading to transformative impacts.
  2. The AI value chain will be driven by proprietary data in the long term, with winners initially based on access to compute and R&D talent.
  3. AGI is expected to be monopolistic, commercial, open-access, and affordable, leveling differences and nullifying capital inequality.

Once a Maintainer: Ed Waisanen and Nate Papes

Once a Maintainer • 5 implied HN points • 19 Feb 25
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Gala is an open source education platform that promotes collaborative research and multimedia-rich learning. It started from a project at the University of Michigan focused on creating engaging case studies for environmental topics.
  2. The team is working on making Gala more accessible for anyone to create content, allowing more people to use the platform and develop educational modules.
  3. Future goals for Gala include growing a sustainable community of users and contributors, and increasing collaboration with other open source projects to enhance its capabilities.

Open Source Prizes awarded

Vesuvius Challenge • 16 implied HN points • 25 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Four open source prizes of $3,000 each were awarded.
  2. Diverse projects were recognized, including a segment maps tool, large segments and colab notebook, and a Crackle Viewer.
  3. More open source and progress prizes are expected in the future.

Introducing Signia

tldraw • 4 HN points • 02 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Signia is an original library that offers a core reactive state management system for TypeScript using a new lazy reactivity model based on logical clocks.
  2. Signia's main differentiating features are incremental derivations for saving work during re-computations and transactions with built-in support for rollbacks.
  3. The scalability of Signia's signals is enhanced by always caching derived values and emitting change descriptions (diffs) to incrementally recompute values, offering a new approach to reactivity.

Automatic Trolling for the people

GOOD INTERNET • 23 implied HN points • 29 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. AI models can be manipulated to exhibit unwanted behaviors through specific prompts, with the risk increasing with prompt length.
  2. A new adversarial attack on Large Language Models can make them generate harmful outputs like profanity, threats, and cybercrime based on coded prompts.
  3. Automated AI attacks can enable sophisticated and widespread malicious behavior, posing significant risks to individuals and organizations.

Open-Source AI, visually explained

Year 2049 • 4 implied HN points • 23 Feb 25
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Open-source AI means anyone can access and modify the software. This makes it easier for innovation and collaboration among developers.
  2. Using open-source AI has both benefits and drawbacks. It promotes transparency but can also lead to misuse of the technology.
  3. There are specific criteria that define what makes an AI truly open-source, ensuring it meets certain standards of accessibility and control.

🥳 The Perils of Over-Abstraction, ts_sms Compression Tool, Kqueue vs. Epoll & More

ppdispatch • 5 implied HN points • 31 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Open Source
  1. Over-abstraction in code can make things complicated and hard to manage, so it's important to keep it simple. If you complicate your system, it might end up slowing down and confusing your team.
  2. Fish-shell switched from C++ to Rust to improve safety and performance, showing how changing your tools can lead to better results. Their move has also engaged the community and made contributions easier.
  3. Understanding the differences between PHP's getenv() and $_ENV can prevent unexpected issues when accessing environment variables. It's essential to know how your PHP configuration handles these variables to avoid problems.