Beyond math and coding: New RL framework helps train LLM agents for complex, real-world tasks

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a new reinforcement learning (RL) framework that helps train large language models (LLMs) for complex agentic tasks beyo [...]

7 open-source apps I'd easily pay money for because they're that good

These apps are free, but I'd be willing to throw down some cash for them. Here's why. [...]

Agent coordination is the missing piece in AI commerce — new AWS and Visa blueprints target the gap

With some needed infrastructure now being developed for agentic commerce, enterprises will want to figure out how to participate in this new form of buying and selling. But it remains a fragmented Wil [...]

Mistral's latest open-source release says smaller models beat large ones - here's why

The company aims to create 'distributed intelligence' with its new Mistral 3 models. [...]

This new Linux platform will let you update your next car at home - as soon as 2027

Toyota, Honda, and Mazda are building a new open-source car platform that runs everything from entertainment to navigation - and could even power self-driving. [...]

How Google’s TPUs are reshaping the economics of large-scale AI

For more than a decade, Nvidia’s GPUs have underpinned nearly every major advance in modern AI. That position is now being challenged. Frontier models such as Google’s Gemini 3 and Anthropic’s [...]

IBM and Red Hat launch Lightwell to defend open-source code from AI attacks

Their plan to protect open-source projects from AI-discovered security holes has led to the launch of two commercial offerings: Lightwell Network and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier. [...]

I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how it worked. [...]

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

Development houses: It's time to check your networks for infections. [...]