Xiaomi has released MiMo-V2.6 Pro and a lighter Flash variant as open-weight omnimodal AI models handling text, images, video and code. The company says Pro tops open-source rankings on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, trailing only closed models like Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol, and it showcased a feature called Vibe World that turns prompts into interactive 3D games, Blender assets or robotic arm controls.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-22
Pirate Face is a new decentralized, peer-to-peer network that converts open-source AI models from Hugging Face into checksum-verified torrents, distributed across a global swarm of seeders. The system aims to keep open models permanently accessible even if their original host removes them. Users can browse and download without an account, though creators can claim handles and verify their identity to earn a badge and prevent impersonation.
pirateface.co
· 2026-09-20
Mozilla's latest State of Open Source AI report, using data through September 1, finds top Chinese open-weight models are closing in on closed US frontier systems, lagging by only a few percentage points on key benchmarks while costing far less to run. The report estimates the capability gap at roughly 4.4 months based on METR task-horizon data, close to Epoch AI's independent four-month estimate, and notes one Chinese model scored within a point of a leading Claude model on Terminal-Bench at under a fifth of the price.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-16
Mistral AI and Mozilla announced a partnership making Mistral's models power Firefox's beta AI browsing assistant, Smart Window, which helps users navigate searches, recall browsing history, and pull information from open tabs. The rollout starts in France and North America, with the UK and Germany planned later this year.
mistral.ai
· 2026-09-16
A researcher preparing policy-facing writing on open AI models has compiled and shared a curated list of the best writing on the topic from recent years, organized into sections covering foundational concepts, US-China competition, and technical details like distillation. The list is described as a living document that will be updated as readers suggest additional pieces to include.
interconnects.ai
· 2026-09-14
NASA and IBM have jointly published an open-source AI system, along with a compiled dataset drawing on over 30 aligned data layers from nine instruments across four lunar missions. The model merges multiple imaging types, angles, and resolutions to let researchers study the Moon's surface more comprehensively than existing tools allow.
science.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-13
Nvidia has confirmed it will acquire Hugging Face, the New York startup behind the leading platform for open-source AI models, in a deal valued at $12.9 billion. CEO Jensen Huang said the price reflected competition from other bidders, making it Nvidia's second-largest acquisition after its $20 billion purchase of Groq's assets. Hugging Face hosts millions of models and datasets used by over 200,000 companies and 18 million developers.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-04
Nvidia has agreed to buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, confirming earlier reports of the deal. Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue told CNBC he personally reached out to Nvidia's Jensen Huang over the summer, saying talks moved quickly once initiated. Huang said the platform will remain open to the broader AI ecosystem while gaining more scale and infrastructure support.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-03
Nvidia has formally agreed to buy Hugging Face, the developer platform known for hosting open-source AI models and datasets, in a deal worth close to $13 billion. Nvidia says it will keep Hugging Face's open standards intact, expanding its own push into free, customizable AI tools like its Nemotron models.
wired.com
· 2026-09-03
The Information reports, citing a source familiar with the matter, that Nvidia has agreed to purchase Hugging Face, the widely used open-source AI model hub, in a deal valuing the company above $13 billion. Business Insider says the agreement has not yet been finalized and could still fall apart, and neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face has commented on the reports.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-27
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