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Alibaba’s Qwen family hits 700 million downloads to lead global open-source AI adoption

The volume of Qwen downloads on Hugging Face reinforced its position as the world’s leading open-source ecosystem. Photo: Shutterstock

According to research published on Friday by consultancy AIBase, citing data from Hugging Face, estimated Qwen downloads as of December alone exceeded the combined total of the next eight most popular models on the platform globally, including those from Meta Platforms and OpenAI , as well as Chinese firms Zhipu AI , Moonshot AI and MiniMax .

Alibaba Cloud is the AI and cloud computing services unit of Alibaba Group Holding, owner of the South China Morning Post.

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Elon Musk promises to open-source X's algorithm in the next few days


The announcement marks the latest in a string of commitments from Musk to open-source the technology behind X's recommendation engine. Previous promises, however, have seen uneven follow-through. The company's last significant algorithm release dates back to 2023, when a repository appeared on GitHub showing portions of the platform's feed-ranking logic....

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Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days - Reuters

Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days Reuters

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ollama 0.14 Can Make Use Of Bash For Letting AI/LLMs Run Commands On Your System

The ollama 0.14-rc2 release is available today and it introduces new functionality with ollama run --experimental for in this experimental mode to run an agent loop so that LLMs can use tools like bash and web searching on your system. It's opt-in for letting ollama/LLMs make use of bash on your local system and there are at least some safeguards in place.

Sure to rub some people the wrong way, the new experimental agent loop with ollama 0.14 allows for
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AI Assistant App For GNOME Adds MCP Server Support To Integrate With Much More Software

Hitting the "1.0" milestone last summer was the GNOME AI virtual assistant app called Newelle . This third-party GNOME app has continued evolving as an AI-focused assistant on the GNOME desktop and has now rolled out MCP server support to integrate with "thousands" of other apps.

The Newelle app now supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support for AI agents to connect and interact with external data, tools, and systems for real-time context. Now that Newelle has MCP server support,
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OmniOutliner 6 gets Liquid Glass support, Apple Intelligence compatibility, more

Following a short beta period , The Omni Group has officially launched .

It features multiple powerful improvements and new features that will make any outlining task even more streamlined and helpful, even for the non-practicing outliners out there. Here are the highlights.

As promised last November , OmniOutliner 6 is yet another Omni Group app to get the Liquid Glass visual overhaul, in addition to becoming a universal app.

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(PR) AMD Details Single Node & Distributed Inference Performance on Instinct MI355X GPU

The rapid growth of GenAI and LLM workloads, from agentic workflows and multi-step tool use to retrieval-augmented reasoning, demands inference infrastructure that is fast, adaptable, and highly optimized. While AMD continues to invest in general-purpose inference frameworks such as vLLM and SGLang, ATOM provides the most direct path to peak Instinct MI355XGPU performance for modern reasoning and MoE-heavy workloads, which increasingly dominate frontier LLM architectures.

Over the past months, AMD have implemented numerous optimizations to improve both single
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect medical records, wellness apps - Reuters

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect medical records, wellness apps Reuters

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(PR) Razer Intros AIKit: an Open-Source Project for Easier Local LLM Development

Razer AIKitis an open-source platform that simplifies the entire AI development lifecycle. It automatically configures GPUs, forms clusters, and optimizes settings for local LLM inference and fine-tuning—delivering cloud-grade performance with lower latency and full local control. Designed for AI researchers and developers, AIKit enables fast, secure, and cost-efficient workflows with a single launch command.

Experience the full power of Razer's GPU-powered devices with Razer AIKit, the open-source AI development toolkit built for engineers and
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GStreamer 1.28-RC1 Brings A Rust-Based GIF Decoder, Other New Rust Components

On Monday the first release candidate of the GStreamer 1.28 multimedia framework was released. As is a recurring focus in recent releases, more GStreamer code is written in Rust for memory safety especially around decoding content.

GStreamer 1.28-RC1 introduces a new GIF decoder written in the Rust programming language. The GStreamer 1.28 release also brings a new YOLOX tensor decoder written in Rust along with a new audio source separation element and a new Icecastsink element with AAC support.

In addition to the
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