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2025. June 23.

Real-time music composition with Google Magenta RT

The use of artificial intelligence in music composition is not a new endeavor, but real-time operation has long faced significant obstacles. The Google Magenta team has now unveiled a development that could expand both the technical and creative possibilities of the genre. The new model, called Magenta RealTime (Magenta RT for short), generates music in real time and is accessible to anyone thanks to its open source code.

2025. June 23.

Ufficio Zero is an Italian Linux distribution for sustainable digital work

Ufficio Zero Linux OS is a little-known but increasingly noteworthy Italian-developed operating system. It is primarily designed for office and administrative work environments and may be of particular interest to those looking for a stable, reliable, and long-term alternative to commercial systems. Ufficio Zero occupies a unique place in the world of open source systems: it aims to provide a solution to both the obsolescence of digital infrastructure and the problems of accessibility of software tools that are essential for work.

2025. June 22.

What would the acquisition of Perplexity AI mean for Apple?

Apple has long been trying to find its place in the rapidly evolving market of generative artificial intelligence. The company waited strategically for decades before directing significant resources into artificial intelligence-based developments. Now, however, according to the latest news, the Cupertino-based company may be preparing to take a bigger step than ever before: internal discussions have begun on the possible acquisition of a startup called Perplexity AI.

2025. June 20.

This is how LLM distorts

With the development of artificial intelligence (AI), more and more attention is being paid to so-called large language models (LLMs), which are now present not only in scientific research but also in many areas of everyday life—for example, in legal work, health data analysis, and computer program coding. However, understanding how these models work remains a serious challenge, especially when they make seemingly inexplicable mistakes or give misleading answers.

2025. June 20.

MiniMax-M1 AI model, targeting the handling of large texts

With the development of artificial intelligence systems, there is a growing demand for models that are not only capable of interpreting language, but also of carrying out complex, multi-step thought processes. Such models can be crucial not only in theoretical tasks, but also in software development or real-time decision-making, for example. However, these applications are particularly sensitive to computational costs, which are often difficult to control using traditional approaches.

2025. June 19.

How is the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft transforming the artificial intelligence ecosystem?

One of the most striking examples of the rapid technological and business transformations taking place in the artificial intelligence industry is the redefinition of the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI. The two companies have worked closely together for years, but recent developments clearly show that industry logic now favors more flexible, multi-player collaboration models rather than exclusive partnerships.

2025. June 18.

Amazon and SK Group to build South Korea's largest AI center

A new era may be dawning for South Korea's artificial intelligence industry, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) announcing that it will build the country's largest AI computing center in partnership with SK Group. The investment is not only a technological milestone, but also has a spectacular impact on SK Hynix's stock market performance.

2025. June 17.

Change in Windows facial recognition: no longer works in the dark

Microsoft recently introduced an important security update to its Windows Hello facial recognition login system, which is part of the Windows 11 operating system. As a result of the change, facial recognition no longer works in the dark, and the company has confirmed that this is not a technical error, but the result of a conscious decision.

2025. June 16.

Kali Linux 2025.2 released: sustainable improvements in a mature system

The latest stable release of Kali Linux, the popular Linux distribution for ethical hacking and cybersecurity analysis, version 2025.2, was released in June 2025. This time, the developers have not only introduced maintenance updates, but also several new features that enhance both usability and functionality of the system. The updates may be of particular interest to those who use the operating system for penetration testing, network traffic analysis or other security purposes.

2025. June 16.

Revolutionary AI Memory System Unveiled

Large Language Models (LLMs) are central to the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), yet they currently face considerable limitations concerning memory management. Contemporary LLMs typically depend on knowledge embedded within their fixed weights and a limited context window during operation, which hinders their ability to retain or update information over extended periods. While approaches such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) integrate external knowledge, they frequently lack a structured approach to memory. This often results in issues like the forgetting of past interactions, reduced adaptability, and isolated memory across different platforms. Essentially, current LLMs do not treat memory as a persistent, manageable, or shareable resource, which constrains their practical utility.

2025. June 15.

Artificial intelligence could reveal who wrote the Bible

An international team of researchers has used artificial intelligence to study the earliest books of the Hebrew Bible in a revolutionary way. The researchers, including Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin, a professor of mathematics at Duke University, used statistical modelling and linguistic analysis to make a surprising discovery.

2025. June 13.

Gödel machine: AI that develops itself

Imagine a computer program that can independently modify its own code without human intervention to become even better and smarter! This futuristic-sounding concept is called the “Gödel machine.”

2025. June 13.

DeepSeek aims to corner OpenAI's o3 model with its more advanced R1 model

DeepSeek R1-0528, the latest development from Chinese company DeepSeek, represents a significant advance in the reasoning capabilities of artificial intelligence models. The new model is based on the January DeepSeek R1 and is an improved version of it. According to the company, the performance of DeepSeek R1-0528 already rivals that of OpenAI's o3 model and approaches the capabilities of Google Gemini 2.5 Pro.

2025. June 13.

Rocky Linux 10 has arrived

One of the most important changes that deserves special attention in Rocky Linux 10 is the fine-tuning of architecture support. Support for x86-64-v2 architectures has been dropped, replaced by AMD and Intel 64-bit x86-64-v3 architectures. This move is in line with the evolution of modern hardware and ensures optimal system performance. It is important to note that 32-bit packages have been removed in their entirety, so that 64-bit libraries or containers with 32-bit dependencies will be required to run 32-bit applications.

2025. June 12.

Japan's digital currency would feed data into AI models

Japan is considering introducing the digital yen, which would be a digital currency that, like deposits, could be linked to individual users. Its introduction would have numerous advantages, particularly in terms of data usage.

2025. June 12.

OpenAI unveils the O3-Pro model

OpenAI has launched its O3-Pro model, which replaces O1-Pro and promises significant performance advances in science, education, programming, data analysis and scripting.

2025. June 12.

Meta's secret team to create AG

Bloomberg reports that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is assembling a team of experts to create what he calls “Artificial General Intelligence” (AGI).

2025. June 12.

The latest version of Endless OS, 6.0.7, is now available

The goal of Endless OS is nothing less than to provide the foundations of the digital world to those who do not always have access to the internet. The San Francisco-based Endless OS Foundation, the foundation behind the American-developed Linux-based operating system, has been working since 2011 to bring technology closer to disadvantaged regions of the world with user-friendly, internet-independent devices. The idea was born out of field research conducted in places such as the Rocinha favela in Brazil and Guatemala. This research clearly indicated that there was a real need for a flexible system that could be taught and learned without the internet.

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