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Radical AI Releases TorchSim: a PyTorch-Native Engine for Next-Generation Atomistic Simulations
Radical AI has announced the release of TorchSim, a next-generation atomistic simulation engine built natively in PyTorch and designed for the MLIP (machine-learned interatomic potentials) era.
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Microsoft Collaborates with Anthropic to Launch C# SDK for MCP Integration
Microsoft has partnered with Anthropic to develop an official C# SDK for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open protocol designed to connect large language models (LLMs) with external tools and data sources. The SDK is open-source and available under the modelcontextprotocol GitHub organization.
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Nvidia Unveils AI, GPU, and Quantum Computing Innovations at GTC 2025
Nvidia presented several new technologies at its GTC 2025 event, covering advancements in GPUs, AI, robotics, and quantum computing.
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Fauna Shutting Down: Is the Future Open Source?
The team behind the distributed serverless database Fauna has recently announced plans to shut down the service by the end of May. While the managed database will be terminated soon and all customers will have to migrate to other platforms, Fauna is committing to releasing an open source version of the core database technology alongside the existing drivers and CLI tooling.
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TikTok's Native Cross-Platform UI Framework Lynx Goes Open Source
TikTok maker ByteDance has open-sourced Lynx, a collection of frameworks and tools enabling the creation of native, cross-platform mobile apps using Web markup, CSS, and JavaScript. Lynx aims to deliver native performance thanks to its custom JavaScript engine and pixel-perfect UI rendering.
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Roblox Releases Cube 3D, an AI Open-Source Model for 3D Model Generation
Roblox has introduced Cube 3D, a generative AI system designed for creating 3D and 4D objects and environments.
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OpenSSF Publishes Security Baseline for Open-Source Projects
To help open-source maintainers keep their projects secure, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has published a set of guidelines based on international cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and regulations, the Open Source Project Security Baseline.
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Hugging Face Publishes Guide on Efficient LLM Training across GPUs
Hugging Face has published the Ultra-Scale Playbook: Training LLMs on GPU Clusters, an open-source guide that provides a detailed exploration of the methodologies and technologies involved in training LLMs across GPU clusters.
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Opengrep Forks Semgrep to Liberate Rulesets After License Change
A consortium of software companies, including JIT and Orca Security, has launched Opengrep, a fork of Semgrep's open-source software, in response to licensing changes for rules provided in the OSS version. Semgrep CE (formerly Semgrep OSS) is a Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tool for analysing source code or compiled code to find security flaws, with over 11,000 stars on GitHub.
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Latin America Launches Latam-GPT to Improve AI Cultural Relevance
Latin America is advancing in the development of artificial intelligence with the creation of Latam-GPT, a language model designed to better represent the history, culture, and linguistic diversity of the region.
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FerretDB, an Open-Source Alternative to MongoDB, Releases Version 2.0
FerretDB has announced the first release candidate of version 2.0. Now powered by the recently released DocumentDB, FerretDB serves as an open-source alternative to MongoDB, bringing significant performance improvements, enhanced feature compatibility, vector search capabilities, and replication support.
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OpenEuroLLM: Europe’s New Initiative for Open-Source AI Development
A consortium of 20 European research institutions, companies, and EuroHPC centers has launched OpenEuroLLM, an initiative to develop open-source, multilingual large language models (LLMs). Coordinated by Jan Hajič and co-led by Peter Sarlin, the project aims to provide transparent and compliant AI models for commercial and public sector applications.
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Hugging Face Expands Serverless Inference Options with New Provider Integrations
Hugging Face has launched the integration of four serverless inference providers Fal, Replicate, SambaNova, and Together AI, directly into its model pages. These providers are also integrated into Hugging Face's client SDKs for JavaScript and Python, allowing users to run inference on various models with minimal setup.
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Block Launches Open-Source AI Framework Codename Goose
Block’s Open Source Program Office has launched Codename Goose, an open-source, non-commercial AI agent framework designed to automate tasks and integrate seamlessly with existing tools. Goose provides users with a flexible, on-machine AI assistant that can be customized through extensions, enabling developers and other professionals to enhance their productivity.
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Fluent Assertions Library v8 Abandons Apache Licensing
Fluent Assertions, a well-known .NET library that allows expressive asserts in unit tests, has launched version 8 with a proprietary license in partnership with Xceed, replacing the existing Apache 2.0 licence. The new license allows free non-commercial use, but any commercial use will require a paid license. The move has been negatively received by the developer community.