1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1717+ words) What do vector databases do? Why did they show up when they did? Which open source ones are worth your time? How do you use them? Here are some answers… It was a fair question. And I realised I’d never…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1517+ words) The three pillars of observability — metrics, logs and traces – help you find out what went wrong where and why in an AI-based system. You can’t do without them. Three a.m. on a Tuesday and an error shows up. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (270+ words) Open Source For You Qdrant-FineWeb-10B is a public dataset containing 10 billion records and nearly 120,000 ground-truth queries, designed to benchmark vector retrieval systems at production-scale workloads. Qdrant has released Qdrant-FineWeb-10B, a large-scale dataset designed for benchmarking vector retrieval systems. Built from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) Modellix has released a beta plugin for open-source DeepSeek Harness, giving developers free access to open-source LLMs and a gateway to 28+ models through one API key. Modellix.ai has released dsh-modellix, a beta plugin for DeepSeek Harness, an open-source AI…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) Multikernel Linux has released mklinux v7.0-mk2 for testing, offering an open-source alternative to VMs and containers by running multiple Linux kernels directly on bare metal. Multikernel Linux has released mklinux v7.0-mk2, its first public test release, as an open-source project aimed at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (239+ words) Linux 7.3-rc1 is now available for public testing, adding about 560,000 lines to the open-source kernel as AI-assisted bug finding and fixing contribute to larger release candidates. Linux 7.3-rc1 is now available for public testing, marking the first release candidate of the upcoming…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (207+ words) openKylin 3.0 integrates AI agents into the OS layer while opening support to third-party tools, extending its Linux ecosystem across developers, hardware and computing environments. The release brings KylinBot into the OS layer, allowing it to understand voice and text requests,…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (250+ words) The open-source Berkeley Humanoid Lite uses 3D-printed modular actuators and cycloidal gearboxes to create a more accessible and customisable humanoid robot platform. Humanoid robots, including smaller-scale designs, can be expensive to develop and build. The Berkeley Humanoid Lite takes a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (249+ words) Open Source For You BrainChip’s open source bundle integrates its Akida neuromorphic AI chips with IBM Spectrum Symphony to offload lightweight tasks from GPUs in enterprise data centres. On 20 August 2026, BrainChip Holdings Ltd released the Symphony Community Akida Bundle, a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) outboundIQ’s Ryan Shatzkamer Releases Open Source AI Tool Open Source For You outboundIQ’s Ryan Shatzkamer released genesys-mcp that lets enterprise administrators compose, diagram, and deploy Genesys Cloud call flows in seconds using plain-English AI prompts. On 24 August 2026, Ryan Shatzkamer, Director…...