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1. Artificial intelligence · New AI models · Open source

   Runway releases robotics model Praxis-1 as open source

   Praxis-1 comes with open weights and source code under Apache 2.0 and uses knowledge from video training for robot control. It leads the World Action Model category on Nvidia's RoboLab-120 benchmark but cannot yet plan complex action sequences.

   Full story at The Decoder ↗
2. Artificial intelligence · Open source · Programming & dev tools

   llama.cpp reaches version 1.0.0

   llama.cpp v1.0.0 has been released, presented as a stronger foundation for the local AI ecosystem.

   Full story at huggingface.co ↗
3. Artificial intelligence · Open source · Chips & hardware · Programming & dev tools

   Solana launches a toolkit for private AI apps

   The Solana Foundation, with Nito, launched the open-source Solana Confidential Compute toolkit, in beta on devnet since November 13. AI requests run off-chain, keeping sensitive data outside the blockchain.

   Full story at Analytics Insight ↗

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