Portugal open-sources Amália, its first national AI model, in a bet on European Portuguese

A country of just over 10 million people now has a large language model that speaks its own version of the language. Portugal has released Amália, its first national AI model built specifically for E [...]

If Musk wants AI for the world, why not open-source all the Grok models?

While attempting a hostile takeover of non-profit OpenAI in the name of humanity, Elon Musk has so far not committed to open-sourcing xAI's own models. [...]

OpenAI to release open-source model as AI economics force strategic shift

OpenAI plans to release its first open-weight AI model since 2019 as economic pressures mount from competitors like DeepSeek and Meta, marking a significant strategic reversal for the company behind C [...]

From static classifiers to reasoning engines: OpenAI’s new model rethinks content moderation

Enterprises, eager to ensure any AI models they use adhere to safety and safe-use policies, fine-tune LLMs so they do not respond to unwanted queries. However, much of the safeguarding and red teamin [...]

A new, open source text-to-speech model called Dia has arrived to challenge ElevenLabs, OpenAI and more

With a focus on expressive quality, reproducibility, and open access, Dia adds a distinctive new voice to the landscape of text-to-speech. [...]

NordVPN just made its Linux GUI app open-source, and there's more on the way

NordVPN has open-sourced its Linux GUI app and updated its Snap package to include it, with Meshnet set to be next. [...]

Framework Laptop 12 review: Doing the right thing comes at a cost

Earlier this year, Framework announced it was making a smaller, 12-inch laptop and a beefy desktop to go alongside its 13- and 16-inch notebooks. A few months later, and the former has arrived, puttin [...]

GitHub confirms 3,800 internal repos stolen through poisoned VS Code extension as supply chain worm hits Microsoft’s Python SDK

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and au [...]

Why OpenAI’s open-source models matter

The AI giant’s “OSS” models are free to use and adapt, and could give the open-source community a serious lift. [...]