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"Why #OpenSource #AI became an American national priority."
venturebeat.com/ai/why-open-so

Short answer from Clément Delangue, co-founder and CEO of #HuggingFace: #China.

Part of the longer answer: "Every advancement in AI — including the most closed systems — is built on open foundations. Proprietary models depend on open research, from transformer architecture to training libraries and evaluation frameworks. But more importantly, open-source increases a country’s velocity in building AI. It fuels rapid experimentation, lowers barriers to entry and creates compounding innovation."

VentureBeat · Why open-source AI became an American national priorityBy Clément Delangue, Hugging Face CEO

TechSpot: Hugging Face introduces open-source desktop robot for $299. “Starting at $299, Reachy Mini stands just 11 inches tall and is intended to sit comfortably on a desktop, offering an entry point for developers, educators, and hobbyists eager to experiment with AI-powered machines.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/techspot-hugging-face-introduces-open-source-desktop-robot-for-299/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · TechSpot: Hugging Face introduces open-source desktop robot for $299 | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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I saw this yesterday. I'm wondering how hard it would be to pair the Mini Lite with a @homeassistant back end and let #HomeAssistant use it for sensors and as a satellite for voice commands. The article says they're "fully programmable in Python", so it FEELS like that should be a possibility, but I don't have the skill set that would be required to do that. I might buy one if I thought I could use one that way.

techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/hugg

TechCrunch · Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots | TechCrunchHugging Face is releasing two versions of its desktop robot meant for designing and coding AI applications.