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DeepSeek AI Unveils DeepSeek-OCR: Vision-Based Context Compression Redefines Long-Text Processing
DeepSeek AI has developed DeepSeek-OCR, an open-source system that uses optical 2D mapping to compress long text passages. This approach aims to improve how large language models (LLMs) handle text-heavy inputs.
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Hugging Face Introduces RTEB, a New Benchmark for Evaluating Retrieval Models
Hugging Face unveils the Retrieval Embedding Benchmark (RTEB), a pioneering framework to assess embedding models' real-world retrieval accuracy. By merging public and private datasets, RTEB narrows the "generalization gap," ensuring models perform reliably across critical sectors. Now live and inviting collaboration, RTEB aims to set a community standard in AI retrieval evaluation.
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GitHub MCP Registry Offers a Central Hub for Discovering and Deploying MCP Servers
GitHub has recently launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Registry, designed to help developers discover and use the AI tools directly from within their working environment. The registry currently lists over 40 MCP servers from Microsoft, GitHub, Dynatrace, Terraform, and many others.
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Claude Sonnet 4.5 Ranked Safest LLM from Open-Source Audit Tool Petri
Claude Sonnet 4.5 has emerged as the best-performing model in ‘risky tasks’, narrowly edging out GPT-5 in early evaluations by Petri --- Anthropic’s new open-source AI auditing tool.
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Microsoft Announces Open-Source Agent Framework to Simplify AI Agent Development
Microsoft has announced the preview release of Microsoft Agent Framework, an open-source software development kit designed to simplify the creation and deployment of artificial intelligence agents for developers across all skill levels, as reported in official blog posts from the company's development teams.
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MySQL AI Introduced for Enterprise Edition
Oracle has recently announced MySQL AI, a new set of AI-powered capabilities available exclusively in the MySQL Enterprise edition, targeting analytics and AI workloads in large deployments. Concerns are rising throughout the MySQL community over the future of the popular Community edition, amid fears of vendor lock-in and following recent internal layoffs.
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Hugging Face Brings Open-Source LLMs to GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code
Hugging Face has introduced a new integration that allows developers to connect Inference Providers directly with GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code. The update means that open-source large language models — including Kimi K2, DeepSeek V3.1, GLM 4.5, and others — can now be accessed and tested from inside the VS Code editor, without the need to switch platforms or juggle multiple tools.
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Google DeepMind Launches EmbeddingGemma, an Open Model for On-Device Embeddings
Google DeepMind has introduced EmbeddingGemma, a 308M parameter open embedding model designed to run efficiently on-device. The model aims to make applications like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), semantic search, and text classification accessible without the need for a server or internet connection.
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FerretDB Cloud: Open Source Alternative to MongoDB Atlas?
FerretDB has recently announced the availability of FerretDB Cloud, a managed MongoDB-compatible database service built on open source DocumentDB. Targeting developers seeking the first cross-cloud DocumentDB-based solution and an alternative to MongoDB Atlas, FerretDB Cloud is currently available on AWS only.
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DeepSeek Releases v3.1 Model with Hybrid Reasoning Architecture
DeepSeek has released version V3.1 of its large language model, introducing a hybrid architecture that combines thinking and non-thinking modes in a single system.
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Pogocache: Open Source Caching Software with Low Latency and Multiple Wire Protocols
A new open-source caching software, Pogocache, recently reached 1.0 general availability, focusing on low latency and CPU efficiency. Pogocache supports multiple popular protocols while claiming better throughput and lower latency than other open-source caching alternatives.
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AGENTS.md Emerges as Open Standard for AI Coding Agents
A new convention is emerging in the open-source ecosystem: AGENTS.md, a straightforward and open format designed to assist AI coding agents in software development. Already adopted by more than 20,000 repositories on GitHub, the format is being positioned as a companion to traditional documentation, offering machine-readable context that complements human-facing files like README.md.
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Zemlin at Open Source Summit EU: Even in the Age of AI, the Software’s Future is Still Open Source
During the Open Source Summit Europe keynote, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, revisited the LLM landscape with an emphasis on the effect it has on the industry, the security, quantity and quality of the developed code. He emphasised that DeepSeek’s revolution was validated by the gpt-oss release, OpenAI’s first open-source model.
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Google Veles is a New Open-Source Secret Scanner Powering GCP
Google Veles is a newly released open-source secret scanner, launched as part of Google's broader OSV-SCALIBR (Software Composition Analysis LIBRary) ecosystem. Veles integrates seamlessly with other OSV-SCALIBR tools and also powers secret scanning in Google Cloud, while remaining available as a standalone module.
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Vercel Releases AI Elements Library for React UI Integration
Vercel has released AI Elements, an open-source library of React UI primitives built atop shadcn/ui and designed to integrate with the Vercel AI SDK.