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How to Build Production-Ready Agentic Systems with Z.AI GLM-5 Using Thinking Mode, Tool Calling, Streaming, and Multi-Turn Workflows

1 hour 51 minutes ago

In this tutorial, we explore the full capabilities of Z.AI’s GLM-5 model and build a complete understanding of how to use it for real-world, agentic applications. We start from the fundamentals by setting up the environment using the Z.AI SDK and its OpenAI-compatible interface, and then progressively move on to advanced features such as streaming […]

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Asif Razzaq

The Robot Uprising Didn’t Happen. But Something Worse Did

3 hours 56 minutes ago
More than 50,000 tech employees have lost their jobs so far this year. Asked why, most will say the same thing: artificial intelligence. Not because AI rose up and destroyed their workplaces, but because it assumed many of their responsibilities. And AI doesn’t draw a salary. So far this year, more than 50,000 tech workers have lost their jobs, and employers say AI tools are making it easier to cut staff. While layoffs began last year, companies have accelerated the process in 2026 by relying on AI to replace workers in roles such as software testing and customer service, according […]
Mark Borg

Google DeepMind’s Research Lets an LLM Rewrite Its Own Game Theory Algorithms — And It Outperformed the Experts

6 hours 32 minutes ago

Designing algorithms for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) in imperfect-information games — scenarios where players act sequentially and cannot see each other’s private information, like poker — has historically relied on manual iteration. Researchers identify weighting schemes, discounting rules, and equilibrium solvers through intuition and trial-and-error. Google DeepMind researchers proposes AlphaEvolve, an LLM-powered evolutionary coding agent […]

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Michal Sutter

TII Releases Falcon Perception: A 0.6B-Parameter Early-Fusion Transformer for Open-Vocabulary Grounding and Segmentation from Natural Language Prompts

20 hours 8 minutes ago

In the current landscape of computer vision, the standard operating procedure involves a modular ‘Lego-brick’ approach: a pre-trained vision encoder for feature extraction paired with a separate decoder for task prediction. While effective, this architectural separation complicates scaling and bottlenecks the interaction between language and vision. The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) research team is challenging […]

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Asif Razzaq

Step by Step Guide to Build an End-to-End Model Optimization Pipeline with NVIDIA Model Optimizer Using FastNAS Pruning and Fine-Tuning

21 hours 10 minutes ago

In this tutorial, we build a complete end-to-end pipeline using NVIDIA Model Optimizer to train, prune, and fine-tune a deep learning model directly in Google Colab. We start by setting up the environment and preparing the CIFAR-10 dataset, then define a ResNet architecture and train it to establish a strong baseline. From there, we apply […]

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Asif Razzaq

Arcee AI Releases Trinity Large Thinking: An Apache 2.0 Open Reasoning Model for Long-Horizon Agents and Tool Use

1 day 5 hours ago

The landscape of open-source artificial intelligence has shifted from purely generative models toward systems capable of complex, multi-step reasoning. While proprietary ‘reasoning’ models have dominated the conversation, Arcee AI has released Trinity Large Thinking. This release is an open-weight reasoning model distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, positioning it as a transparent alternative for developers […]

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Asif Razzaq

Defeating the ‘Token Tax’: How Google Gemma 4, NVIDIA, and OpenClaw are Revolutionizing Local Agentic AI: From RTX Desktops to DGX Spark

1 day 8 hours ago

Run Google’s latest omni-capable open models faster on NVIDIA RTX AI PCs, from NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, GeForce RTX desktops to the new DGX Spark, to build personalized, always-on AI assistants like OpenClaw without paying a massive “token tax” for every action. The landscape of modern AI is shifting rapidly. We are moving away from […]

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Jean-marc Mommessin

The End of Clicking? AI Is Quietly Turning Software Into Something That Just… Listens

1 day 14 hours ago
Imagine never having to click through a software application again. Ever. The days of finding yourself staring blankly at the first screen of a new tool and wondering “What do I do now?” are disappearing. AI is quietly changing the way software is built and it’s a massive deal. Instead of software applications that users must learn to navigate, we are witnessing the birth of applications that users can talk to. Once you notice it, it’s impossible to ignore.  Software applications are moving from dashboards and processes to conversational interfaces. In essence, users don’t want tools, they want results, and […]
Mark Borg

IBM Releases Granite 4.0 3B Vision: A New Vision Language Model for Enterprise Grade Document Data Extraction

1 day 22 hours ago

IBM has announced the release of Granite 4.0 3B Vision, a vision-language model (VLM) engineered specifically for enterprise-grade document data extraction. Departing from the monolithic approach of larger multimodal models, the 4.0 Vision release is architected as a specialized adapter designed to bring high-fidelity visual reasoning to the Granite 4.0 Micro language backbone. This release […]

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Asif Razzaq

How to Build Production Ready AgentScope Workflows with ReAct Agents, Custom Tools, Multi-Agent Debate, Structured Output and Concurrent Pipelines

1 day 23 hours ago

In this tutorial, we build a complete AgentScope workflow from the ground up and run everything in Colab. We start by wiring OpenAI through AgentScope and validating a basic model call to understand how messages and responses are handled. From there, we define custom tool functions, register them in a toolkit, and inspect the auto-generated […]

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Asif Razzaq

Z.ai Launches GLM-5V-Turbo: A Native Multimodal Vision Coding Model Optimized for OpenClaw and High-Capacity Agentic Engineering Workflows Everywhere

2 days 5 hours ago

In the field of vision-language models (VLMs), the ability to bridge the gap between visual perception and logical code execution has traditionally faced a performance trade-off. Many models excel at describing an image but struggle to translate that visual information into the rigorous syntax required for software engineering. Zhipu AI’s (Z.ai) GLM-5V-Turbo is a vision […]

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Asif Razzaq

How to Build a Production-Ready Gemma 3 1B Instruct Generation AI Pipeline with Hugging Face Transformers, Chat Templates, and Colab Inference

2 days 11 hours ago

In this tutorial, we build and run a Colab workflow for Gemma 3 1B Instruct using Hugging Face Transformers and HF Token, in a practical, reproducible, and easy-to-follow step-by-step manner. We begin by installing the required libraries, securely authenticating with our Hugging Face token, and loading the tokenizer and model onto the available device with […]

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Asif Razzaq

Silicon Dreams Meet Real-World Rules: The AI Gold Rush Hits Its First Wall

2 days 14 hours ago
AI has always been a bit of a runaway train. It’s exciting. It’s cool. It’s a bit irresponsible. But the train is finally starting to hit the brakes. And depending on which side of the tracks you are on, that is either a good thing… or a very bad thing. So let’s start with regulation. The government is not just looking on. It’s not just dipping its toes in the water. It’s jumping in and trying to make waves. Check out the following articles to see what I mean. The argument is heating up. Safety and control are now on […]
Mark Borg

Hugging Face Releases TRL v1.0: A Unified Post-Training Stack for SFT, Reward Modeling, DPO, and GRPO Workflows

2 days 21 hours ago

Hugging Face has officially released TRL (Transformer Reinforcement Learning) v1.0, marking a pivotal transition for the library from a research-oriented repository to a stable, production-ready framework. For AI professionals and developers, this release codifies the Post-Training pipeline—the essential sequence of Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Reward Modeling, and Alignment—into a unified, standardized API. In the early stages […]

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Michal Sutter

Google AI Releases Veo 3.1 Lite: Giving Developers Low Cost High Speed Video Generation via The Gemini API

2 days 22 hours ago

Google has announced the release of Veo 3.1 Lite, a new model tier within its generative video portfolio designed to address the primary bottleneck for production-scale deployments: pricing. While the generative video space has seen rapid progress in visual fidelity, the cost per second of generated content has remained high, often prohibitive for developers building […]

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Michal Sutter

Liquid AI Released LFM2.5-350M: A Compact 350M Parameter Model Trained on 28T Tokens with Scaled Reinforcement Learning

2 days 23 hours ago

In the current landscape of generative AI, the ‘scaling laws’ have generally dictated that more parameters equal more intelligence. However, Liquid AI is challenging this convention with the release of LFM2.5-350M. This model is actually a technical case study in intelligence density with additional pre-training (from 10T to 28T tokens) and large-scale reinforcement learning The […]

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Asif Razzaq

How to Build and Evolve a Custom OpenAI Agent with A-Evolve Using Benchmarks, Skills, Memory, and Workspace Mutations

3 days 10 hours ago

In this tutorial, we work directly with the A-Evolve framework in Colab and build a complete evolutionary agent pipeline from the ground up. We set up the repository, configure an OpenAI-powered agent, define a custom benchmark, and build our own evolution engine to see how A-Evolve actually improves an agent through iterative workspace mutations. Through […]

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Asif Razzaq

Alibaba Qwen Team Releases Qwen3.5 Omni: A Native Multimodal Model for Text, Audio, Video, and Realtime Interaction

3 days 23 hours ago

The landscape of multimodal large language models (MLLMs) has shifted from experimental ‘wrappers’—where separate vision or audio encoders are stitched onto a text-based backbone—to native, end-to-end ‘omnimodal’ architectures. Alibaba Qwen team latest release, Qwen3.5-Omni, represents a significant milestone in this evolution. Designed as a direct competitor to flagship models like Gemini 3.1 Pro, the Qwen3.5-Omni […]

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Asif Razzaq

Microsoft AI Releases Harrier-OSS-v1: A New Family of Multilingual Embedding Models Hitting SOTA on Multilingual MTEB v2

4 days 6 hours ago

Microsoft has announced the release of Harrier-OSS-v1, a family of three multilingual text embedding models designed to provide high-quality semantic representations across a wide range of languages. The release includes three distinct scales: a 270M parameter model, a 0.6B model, and a 27B model. The Harrier-OSS-v1 models achieved state-of-the-art (SOTA) results on the Multilingual MTEB […]

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Asif Razzaq

Salesforce AI Research Releases VoiceAgentRAG: A Dual-Agent Memory Router that Cuts Voice RAG Retrieval Latency by 316x

4 days 19 hours ago

In the world of voice AI, the difference between a helpful assistant and an awkward interaction is measured in milliseconds. While text-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems can afford a few seconds of ‘thinking’ time, voice agents must respond within a 200ms budget to maintain a natural conversational flow. Standard production vector database queries typically add […]

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Asif Razzaq