MUO on MSN

I replaced this professional Microsoft tool with open-source software and should've done it sooner

SharePoint is robust, and BookStack isn't intended to replace it entirely. SharePoint is still the better option if you need to store files and collaborate on Microsoft documents. However, if your ...

Black Forest Labs launches open source Flux.2 [klein] to generate AI images in less than a second

Credit: VentureBeat made with Flux.2 [klein] on Fal.ai The German AI startup Black Forest Labs (BFL), founded by former ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Why I can't quit Excel: 5 desktop features open-source alternatives are missing

From Power Query to the Data Model, here are the five architectural gaps that keep me paying for Microsoft 365.
9to5Mac

Apple releases impressive open-source model that instantly turns 2D photos into 3D views

The model, called SHARP, can reconstruct a photorealistic 3D scene from a single image in under a second. Here are some examples. Apple has published a study titled Sharp Monocular View Synthesis in ...
Reuters

Nvidia buys AI software provider SchedMD to expand open-source AI push

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab said on Monday it acquired AI software firm SchedMD, as the chip designer doubles down on open-source technology and steps up investments in the ...
Reuters

Nvidia unveils new open-source AI models amid boom in Chinese offerings

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab on Monday unveiled a new family of open-source artificial intelligence models that it says will be faster, cheaper and smarter than its ...
Gizmodo

Nvidia Wants To Be Your Open Source Model Provider

It seems that chips dominance isn’t enough for Nvidia. The tech giant wants its products to be present at every level of the AI development ecosystem, and its got its eyes on open-source AI models.
Engadget

Meta is reportedly working on a new AI model called 'Avocado' and it might not be open source

Mark Zuckerberg has for months publicly hinted that he is backing away from open-source AI models. Now, Meta's latest AI pivot is starting to come into focus. The company is reportedly working on a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Inside Meta’s Pivot From Open Source to Money-Making AI Model

He’s likened Meta’s open-source approach for AI to Google’s Android operating system for smartphones. While Meta already builds some closed models for internal use, and Zuckerberg has teased the idea ...
Ars Technica

A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options

On Tuesday, French AI startup Mistral AI released Devstral 2, a 123 billion parameter open-weights coding model designed to work as part of an autonomous software engineering agent. The model achieves ...
Purdue University

Intellicule receives NIH grant to develop biomolecular modeling software

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Intellicule, a software company whose solutions determine the 3D structures of biomolecules imaged with cryogenic-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), has received a $217,941 Small ...
ZDNet

7 open-source apps I'd easily pay money for because they're that good

There are tons of brilliant open-source apps. You'll find open-source titles for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Some of these apps are so good, they should have a price tag. Since I started my journey ...