Meta returns to open source AI with Omnilingual ASR models that can transcribe 1,600+ languages natively

Meta has just released a new multilingual automatic speech recognition (ASR) system supporting 1,600+ languages — dwarfing ...
InfoWorld

How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code — and what it says about open source security

Weeks after being declared eradicated, GlassWorm is again infesting open source extensions using the same invisible Unicode ...
Liliputing

Open Book Touch is a full-featured, open source eReader (crowdfunding soon)

The Open Book Touch also runs open source firmware. The default firmware features a UI framework called Focus, which is based ...

6 open source Android apps that prove nobody should pay for subscriptions

If there is no category where the subscription model feels most greedy, it’s password management. Services like 1Password and ...
InfoWorld

C# rises in Tiobe language popularity index

Microsoft’s fast-growing language for .NET may be poised to overtake Java in popularity for the first time, Tiobe said.
Wired

This Open Source Robot Brain Thinks in 3D

European roboticists today released a powerful open-source artificial intelligence model that acts as a brain for industrial robots—helping them grasp and manipulate things with new dexterity. The new ...
TechCrunch

Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B valuation

LangChain raised $125 million at a $1.25 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. TechCrunch reported in July that the provider of a popular open source framework for building AI agents was ...
ZDNet

Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam

Europeans are moving away from US-based products and services. This is due to a loss of trust in American tech companies and the government. Open-source-based companies are benefiting the most.
scmp.com

Airbnb picks Alibaba’s Qwen over ChatGPT in a win for Chinese open-source AI

Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen AI models are winning over major Western firms like Airbnb, underscoring the growing global appeal of China’s open-source approach to artificial intelligence. Brian Chesky ...

aiOla unveils Drax, an open-source speech model with state-of-the-art accuracy and up to 5× faster than models from direct competitors

PRNewswire/ -- aiOla, a voice-AI lab advancing speech recognition technology, is announcing today Drax, an open-source AI model that brings flow-matching-based generative methods to speech. By ...
Forbes

AI Race Heats Up With U.S. Megadeals Vs. China’s Open Source

Update, Oct.13: This article, originally published Oct.11, has been updated with Monday’s news of the OpenAI-Broadcom deal. Monday’s news of a multimillion deal between OpenAI and Broadcom is just the ...
Game Rant

All Open-World Games Releasing In November 2025

Mark Sammut grew up on the PlayStation 1 and has been playing games ever since, although he is no longer limited to just Sony consoles. Be it JRPGs, shooters, platformers, or hack and slash games, ...