2026-10-18

Listen to the session or watch below Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Watch…

I’ve been building VeloxDB, an open-source database client built with Rust and Tauri, and it just crossed 650 GitHub stars. The idea came from wanting a database tool that feels fast, lightweight, and comfortable to use without sending everything through a cloud service. VeloxDB supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and more. It runs locally, connects directly to your databases, and includes a visual data explorer and query editor. It’s been a fun journey building this in the open, learning from f

A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.

After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. Specifically, the following language no longer appears on the commercial terms page: … Meta may use any content from such domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, […]

The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.

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As video models enable longer and more realistic interactive experiences, maintaining a world consistent with its history becomes essential. This requires both preserving previously observed content and ensuring coherent world evolution over time. World memory is a critical capability to evaluate alongside visual fidelity and video duration. We introduce WorldMemBench, a benchmark for systematically evaluating world memory in video world models. Across 260 test cases, it assesses static memory t

Hello! We're two friends working in tech, and we've been building Safebucket: a simple, S3-agnostic, open-source alternative to WeTransfer, Dropbox and Lockself. What's new in v0.8.0: Customisable links: Create a quick share link with a custom slug File explorer improvements: Bulk actions (move, download and trash) Move files over with drag and drop UI/UX redesign We're open to feedback, contributions, and questions. What features would you like to see next? Github: Documentation:

I understand this kind of product may not be exactly right for this subreddit, but I still think it deserves some attention, as it's an LLM frontend for local engines in the first place, and can be used for general-purpose chats with LLMs once lore extraction is disabled in the settings. Otaku is built with a focus on three key ideas: maintain writing quality as the story grows; keep the context small , even for long stories, without losing the details that matter; offer high-quality interfaces