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Recursive Releases Flint, an Open-Weight Coding Model Built to Run Locally
Recursive has released Flint, a 40B open-weight coding model that runs locally. It says AI built most of it; all benchmark and speed figures are its own.
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Self-Hosting LLMs in 2026: The Complete Setup Guide (DeepSeek-R1, Llama 3, and Beyond)
Self-Hosting LLMs in 2026: The Complete Setup Guide (DeepSeek-R1, Llama 3, and Beyond)
TL;DR: Self-hosting LLMs in 2026 is no longer just for researchers. With DeepSeek-R1 proving open-source...
Tencent Agent Trains Two Open Protein Models, HyInv and HyPLM
Tencent Hunyuan has released HyInv and HyPLM-Flash, two protein models it says its Hyra 2.0 research agent trained, with open weights under an MIT licence.
Meituan’s LongCat-2.5 AI Model Was Trained Only on Chinese Chips
Meituan's LongCat-2.5 is a 1.6tn-parameter multimodal model trained on Chinese chips. Its own benchmarks show wins and clear losses against Claude.
Grok API Text Will Carry an Invisible Watermark From 7 November
The Grok API watermark arrives on 7 November: text from seven Grok models gets an invisible mark by default, citing the EU AI Act. Admins can opt out.
Nesformer Compiles an NES Processor Into a Qwen-Style AI Model
Nesformer compiles the NES's 6502 processor into the weights of a Qwen3.5-style model with no training. What that means, and the caveats.
SenseTime Open-Sources SenseNova Loop, a 9B Model That Reuses Layers
SenseNova Loop, SenseTime's new open 9B model, runs a 24-layer block twice with shared weights. It is Apache 2.0, with no technical report yet.
Microsoft Open-Sources Mage-VL-Cowork, a 4B Agent That Clicks or Codes
Microsoft's open Mage-VL-Cowork is a 4B computer-use agent that switches between clicking and code. Microsoft reports 66% on OSWorld-Verified.
Linköping Team Uses AI to Find 33 Overlooked MXenes, Makes 11 New
A Linköping-led team used machine learning to spot 33 overlooked MXenes in old databases, then made 11 new rare-earth MXenes in minutes. Lab-stage work.
AI Helps Log 98 Million Bat Calls Across 310 English Woodlands
A national woodland bat survey used AI to sort 98 million calls from 310 English woods, finding rare barbastelles and publishing the data openly.
Pika Opens H3 Flex Video Weights, but Licence Excludes UK and US
Pika's H3 Flex video model, built on MiniMax H3, has downloadable weights, but its licence excludes the US, UK, EU and South Korea.
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