• Puducherry FOSS Community Demands Adoption of Open-Source Software By Govt Institutions

    The community, among other things, has demanded for adoption of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in educational and other government institutions.

  • Apple releases new family of Open-source Efficient Language Models as AI work progresses

    Ahead of iOS 18’s debut at WWDC in June, Apple has released a family of open-source large language models. Called OpenELM, Apple describes these as: a family of Open-source Efficient Language Models. In its testing, Apple says that OpenELM offers similar performance to other open language models, but with less training data. more

  • County opens bids for road work

    Some positive news emerged from Monday’s meeting of the Bartholomew County Commissioners. Continue reading at The Republic News.

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    Liverpool open talks with Feyenoord over manager Slot - sources

    Liverpool have opened talks with Feyenoord in an attempt to negotiate a deal for the Dutch club's coach, Arne Slot, to become Jürgen Klopp's successor as manager at Anfield, sources told ESPN.

  • Barnsley employability programme opens to help people into work

    The Building Skills for the Future programme has opened its doors at FareShare’s regional hub in Wombwell. The programme is funded by Yorkshire Building Society and is designed to support, equip, and prepare people for employment through work experience, qualifications and CV and interview skills workshops. The 13-week programme offers participants the opportunity to get work experience in a warehouse and kitchen environment, learning skills such as picking and packing, logistics, stock...

  • WizardLM 2 open source LLM from Microsoft Research

    The development team at Microsoft Research has launched a second-generation version of its Wizard large language model which is now available to access and provides performance, versatility, and adherence to ethical guidelines. WizardLM 2 has showcased remarkable performance across a wide range of applications, from programming assistance to creative writing. Its ability to excel in […]

  • Kdenlive 24 video editor is free and open source

    If you are searching for a new video editor you might be interested in learning more about Kdenlive 24 a free and open source video editor. The latest iteration of the acclaimed free and open-source software launched on March 11, 2024, and brought with it a host of improvements for both amateur and expert video […]

  • Apple Releases Open Source AI Models That Run On-Device

    Apple today released several open source large language models (LLMs) that are designed to run on-device rather than through cloud servers. Called OpenELM (Open-source Efficient Language Models), the LLMs are available on the Hugging Face Hub, a community for sharing AI code. As outlined in a white paper [PDF], there are eight total OpenELM models, four of which were pre-trained using the CoreNet library, and four instruction tuned models. Apple uses a layer-wise scaling strategy that is...

  • Flooding work planned for desperate local community after months of chaos

    It will help the local church and some residents in Weddington but wider works will still be needed. St James Church has been left marooned repeatedly by flooding

  • Roads must work for communities instead of drivers after girl tragedy

    West Midlands mayor Andy Street also questioned whether courts were tough enough and if police had enough resources

  • Work continues on Barco Drive-in Theatre ahead of opening date

    LAMAR, Mo. — Work is underway to get one of the area's last drive in theaters back up and running. The Barco Drive-in Theatre is preparing for it's 75th consecutive season of 'Movies Under the Moonlight'. Wednesday, cranes came out to put up the two support structures for the theatre's brand new screen. A severe-storm []

  • Gauff Made To Work To Open Clay Court Season Account

    World No.3 Coco Gauff was pushed hard by American compatriot Sachia Vickery before overcoming the qualifier 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 at Stuttgart on Wednesday.