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Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 27d ago

Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots | TechCrunch

Hugging Face is now accepting orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots, available in two versions: the wireless Reachy Mini for $449 and the connected Reachy Mini Lite for $299. These open-source robots allow developers to build and program applications using Python, integrating with Hugging Face's AI platform. Shipping starts next month for the Lite, with the wireless model following later. The initiative emphasizes user control and community feedback for future developments.

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Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots | TechCrunch

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Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots | TechCrunch

Hugging Face has released two new open-source humanoid robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size robot with 66 degrees of movement, including walking and arm motion, priced around $3,000. Reachy Mini, a desktop unit for AI app testing, costs between $250 and $300. These affordable robots aim to democratize robotics, leveraging Hugging Face's acquisition of Pollen Robotics. The company plans to start shipping by year-end, with a waitlist currently open.

Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 21d ago

Mistral releases Voxtral, its first open source AI audio model | TechCrunch

French AI startup Mistral has launched Voxtral, an open-source AI audio model aimed at businesses, providing an affordable alternative to closed systems. Voxtral can transcribe up to 30 minutes of audio and supports multiple languages including English, Spanish, and French. It offers two variants: Voxtral Small for large deployments and Voxtral Mini for local use. The API is available on Hugging Face, priced at $0.001 per minute, promoting open-source AI model accessibility and reducing costs.

Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

Arstechnica

Arstechnica · 1y ago

Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

Microsoft has unveiled Phi-3-mini, a lightweight AI language model that is simpler and cheaper to operate than traditional large models. With only 3.8 billion parameters, Phi-3-mini is designed to run on consumer GPUs or AI-acceleration hardware found in smartphones and laptops. Microsoft claims that Phi-3-mini's performance rivals that of larger models like Mixtral 8x7B and GPT-3.5. The model is available on Microsoft's cloud service platform Azure and can also be accessed through partnerships with Hugging Face and Ollama. Phi-3-mini could bring AI capabilities to smartphones without the need for an internet connection.

Hugging Face raises $235M from investors including Salesforce and Nvidia

TechCrunch · 1y ago

Hugging Face raises $235M from investors including Salesforce and Nvidia

AI startup Hugging Face has secured $235 million in a Series D funding round, backed by investors including Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, and Salesforce. This round values Hugging Face at $4.5 billion, double its valuation from May 2022. The company offers data science hosting and development tools, a GitHub-like hub for AI code, and web apps for AI-powered applications. It provides libraries for tasks like dataset processing and model evaluation. Hugging Face aims to empower the shift towards AI-driven software development and plans to expand its efforts in research, enterprise, and startups with this funding.

Cloudflare makes it simple to deploy AI apps with Hugging Face, launches Workers AI to public

Venturebeat

Venturebeat · 1y ago

Cloudflare makes it simple to deploy AI apps with Hugging Face, launches Workers AI to public

Cloudflare has made its serverless GPU-powered inference, Workers AI, generally available for developers. It is now easier for developers to bring their AI applications from Hugging Face onto the Cloudflare platform. Cloudflare's integration with Hugging Face allows models to be deployed onto Workers AI with just one click, enabling instant distribution. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince highlighted the challenges of putting AI into production and praised the accessibility and affordability of Workers AI. The integration allows developers to choose open-source models through Hugging Face and deploy them through Cloudflare Workers AI. Cloudflare has also expanded GPU access to over 150 cities globally.

Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 2m ago

Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook | TechCrunch

Hugging Face has launched SmolVLA, a new lightweight AI model for robotics, aimed at democratizing access to vision-language-action models for both virtual and real-world applications. With 450 million parameters, SmolVLA is efficient enough to run on consumer hardware, such as a MacBook. Part of a broader initiative to create cost-effective robotics solutions, SmolVLA allows for separate processing of actions and sensory inputs, enhancing responsiveness. It builds on Hugging Face's expanding robotics ecosystem, including their acquisition of Pollen Robotics.

DeepSeek updates its R1 reasoning AI model, releases it on Hugging Face | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 2m ago

DeepSeek updates its R1 reasoning AI model, releases it on Hugging Face | TechCrunch

Chinese startup DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model on the platform Hugging Face. The R1 model, licensed under MIT for commercial use, is a minor upgrade and contains configuration files and weights. With a size of 685 billion parameters, it's challenging to run on consumer-grade hardware. DeepSeek gained attention after R1's first release and has faced scrutiny from regulators concerned about national security implications.

Hugging Face CEO says he's focused on building a 'sustainable model' for the $4.5 billion open-source-AI startup

Business Insider

Business Insider · 1y ago

Hugging Face CEO says he's focused on building a 'sustainable model' for the $4.5 billion open-source-AI startup

Clément Delangue, the CEO of open-source AI company Hugging Face, aims to make AI accessible to every company and build a sustainable business model. Hugging Face's platform allows scientists, researchers, and engineers to build, train, and deploy AI models. With support from investors like Amazon and Nvidia, Hugging Face offers both free and paid versions of its product and has gained popularity amidst recent turmoil at competitor OpenAI. Delangue believes in the importance of openness, open science, and open-source AI to avoid concentration of AI power in a few companies.

China needs more factory robots. Can it build its own?

Livemint

Livemint · 11m ago

China needs more factory robots. Can it build its own?

China, known as the world's factory, is increasingly turning to industrial robots as a solution to rising wages and an aging population. China installed over half of all industrial robots globally in 2022. The country's drive for factory automation is driven by its aging population and ambitions to move up the manufacturing value chain. While the factory-automation market has experienced a downturn, there are signs of recovery with increasing orders growth for companies like Fanuc. Chinese companies are also catching up, particularly in collaborative robots, but foreign companies still dominate in higher-end products. A strong presence in China, Americas, and Europe positions Fanuc well for future growth.

Mistral's new Devstral AI model was designed for coding | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 2m ago

Mistral's new Devstral AI model was designed for coding | TechCrunch

Mistral announced the launch of Devstral, a new AI model designed for coding, developed in collaboration with All Hands AI. Available under an Apache 2.0 license, Devstral outperforms models like Google’s Gemma 3 27B in coding benchmarks. It is compact enough to run on common hardware and is intended for local deployment. Following a trend of increasing AI-powered coding tools, Devstral is positioned as a research preview and accessible through platforms like Hugging Face.

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