DeepSeek releases Harness v0.1 under MIT license for AI agent developers
DeepSeek has released DeepSeek Harness v0.1 as a developer preview, open-sourcing the code under the MIT license and championing an everything-is-a-plugin approach.
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Transformers.js Hits 10 Million Monthly Downloads, Signaling the Rise of Local AI
Hugging Face CEO says Transformers.js is now the most popular open-source library for running AI in the browser, with 10 million monthly downloads.
Xiaomi opens robotics model collection on Hugging Face, signaling AI research push
Xiaomi has made its robotics models publicly available on Hugging Face, signaling a commitment to open AI research and collaboration.
DeepSeek launches open source V4 Preview with 1 million token context
DeepSeek officially released DeepSeek-V4 Preview as open source, offering two model variants with 1 million token context.
Perplexity Open Sources WANDR Benchmark for AI Research Agents
Perplexity AI released WANDR, an internal benchmark for evaluating deep and wide research capabilities, as open source.
Google Releases Parametric 3D Head Model That Runs on CPUs
Google has released gmn, a differentiable parametric 3D head model that runs on CPUs, now available as an interactive demo on Hugging Face Spaces.
NVIDIA Adds Omniverse Libraries to Agent Toolkit for AI-Powered 3D Simulation
NVIDIA integrates Omniverse libraries into its Agent Toolkit, enabling AI agents to help developers prepare 3D content for physical simulations.
xAI Promises Zero Data Retention for Grok Build With New Privacy Command
xAI announces Zero Data Retention support for Grok Build, including a /privacy CLI command to manage data.
Red Hat AI Releases DFlash Checkpoints to Accelerate Inference for NVIDIA Nemotron Models
Red Hat AI has released DFlash speculator checkpoints for NVIDIA's Nemotron Ultra 550B and Super 120B models, boosting inference speed via speculative decoding.
Baidu Releases Unlimited-OCR Open-Source Model That Reads 40 Pages at Once
Baidu's open-source Unlimited-OCR model processes 40-page documents in a single pass with 93% accuracy, outperforming commercial rivals.
xAI Deletes All Grok Build Coding Data, Disables Default Retention
xAI announced it has deleted all previously stored Grok Build coding data and turned off default data retention effective July 12, 2026.
SpaceXAI Open Sources Grok Build Code and Removes Usage Limits
SpaceXAI releases the source code for its Grok Build coding agent framework and resets usage caps for all users.