Nimble claims its new, domain-specialized Web Search Agents cut token costs in half while boosting retrieval accuracy

Nimble, a New York City-based tech startup VentureBeat previously covered for its efforts to re-invent web search for enterprises by using multiple AI agents to improve accuracy and depth, is taking a [...]

Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Snubs OpenAI and Anthropic

This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss the open vs. closed source debate in AI, key players in White House AI policy, and how to stop your chatbot logs from showing up in search engine results. [...]

I replaced Ford BlueCruise with an open-source driver-assistance system — after 1,000 miles, I'm not going back

After nearly 1,000 miles with Comma 4 in a Ford F-150 Lightning, I found an open-source driver-assistance system that made me skip Ford's $500-a-year BlueCruise subscription. [...]

The ‘death zone’: how free Chinese models are hollowing out US AI

China’s open-source AI push has created what Bloomberg calls a ‘death zone’ for rival American model makers. The phrase captures a squeeze on the middle of the market, where US companies are too [...]

How open-source malware is re-targeting UK supply chains

Open-source malware has changed shape. What once focused on noisy cryptomining has moved toward something far more valuable: access. [...]

Meta's 'open source' Muse Glimmer model can run on a single computer

Meta has released a new slimmed down 'open source' AI model that's light enough to run on a single computer. [...]

Why open source AI is worth fighting for

Open source AI offers businesses independence, significant cost savings and vital data sovereignty solutions. [...]

Anthropic Deploys Claude Mythos 5 in Security Tools, $35M Open-Source Fund

Anthropic said on August 21, 2026 that Claude Mythos 5, the cyber-capable model it has limited to vetted defenders since April 2026, is now running vulnerability scans in Claude Security for Enterpris [...]

Hugging Face built a $4.5 billion empire on free AI models. Now Nvidia is buying it for $12.9 billion

Thomas Wolf has spent a decade convincing the world that open-source AI is not a charity project. On August 27, 2026, the market settled the argument. Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face, the company fa [...]