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'GuppyLM' lets you create your own language model from scratch in just 5 minutes, and you can train it for free using Google Colab.

In recent years,. large-scale language models such as OpenAI's GPT, Google's Gemini, and Anthropic's Claude have been used in a wide range of applications,... gigazine.net

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Demystifying structured data: How to speak an LLM’s native language

Elk Marketing reports that structured data enhances AI understanding, enabling accurate entity recognition and improved online visibility for businesses. caledonianrecord.com

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Low-Bit Compression Methods

turboquant compression - Google introduced 'TurboQuant,' a new compression algorithm for large language model caches, developed in collaboration with... trendhunter.com

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Tiny U.S. Startup Arcee Releases Powerful Open-Source AI Model

Arcee, a 26-person U.S. startup, has released a massive 400B-parameter open-source language model called Trinity Large Thinking. The model is gaining... nationaltoday.com

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Democratizing Marketing Mix Models (MMM) with Open Source and Gen AI

Marketing Mix Models (MMM) have been in the industry for several years and recently they have experienced a renaissance. With digitally tracked signals... towardsdatascience.com

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10 LLM Engineering Concepts Explained in 10 Minutes

If you are trying to understand how large language model (LLM) systems actually work today, it helps to stop thinking only about prompts. kdnuggets.com

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AI uncovers two decades of evolution in China’s hydrological research: a novel large language model approach

Figure 1: The overall publication status of each basin. (a) total number of publications in each basin; (b) temporal trends in publications across the... eurekalert.org

LaunchGoogle Gemma 4 and Gemini Nano 4 release

Google launches Gemma 4 for servers and Gemini Nano 4 for mobile devices

Google continues to expand the capabilities of its large language models. Following the success of Gemini 3 Pro, the company has introduced the new Gemma 4... hi-tech.ua

NewsChinese LLM market

Chinese AI models take top six spots in global usage rankings: data

Chinese large-language models dominated global usage rankings during the week from March 30 to April 5, with all of the top six models by token consumption... globaltimes.cn

NewsLLM evaluation tools

How to choose the best LLM using R and vitals

Use the vitals package with ellmer to evaluate and compare the accuracy of LLMs, including writing evals to test local models. Large language models, LLMs. infoworld.com

NewsML benchmarks

Nvidia Still on Top in Machine Learning; Intel Chasing

Nvidia's chips, such as this GH200 Grace Superchip, once again beat the competition in the latest MLPerf rankings. spectrum.ieee.org

ResearchLLM behavior

Verbosity Decreases Accuracy in Large Language Models

New research finds that forcing Large Language Models to give shorter answers notably improves the accuracy and quality of their answers. unite.ai

ResearchRAG architecture

Proxy-Pointer RAG: Achieving Vectorless Accuracy at Vector RAG Scale and Cost

The launch of PageIndex recently, is part of a broader shift in AI architecture toward “Vectorless RAG” or “Reasoning-Based Retrieval. towardsdatascience.com

ResearchLLM interpretability

Anthropic Spots 'Emotion Vectors' Inside Claude That Influence AI Behavior

Researchers say internal emotion-like signals shape how large language models make decisions. decrypt.co

Newsmodel benchmarks and rankings

Qwen3.6-Plus tops global usage chart on debut, as new Chinese AI models rank among world’s leading benchmarks

Qwen's new model, Qwen3.6-Plus, topped the daily rankings on the widely recognized global large-model API platform OpenRouter on Saturday, according to the... globaltimes.cn

Launchefficient LLM model release

PrismML Releases 1-Bit Bonsai 8B Model

PrismML, a Caltech spinout, released Bonsai 8B on April 4, 2026, a 1-bit large language model that fits in 1.15 GB of memory and claims benchmark parity... letsdatascience.com

Newsefficient LLM breakthrough

PrismML debuts energy-sipping 1-bit LLM in bid to free AI from the cloud

PrismML, an AI venture out of Caltech, has released a 1-bit large language model that outperforms weightier models, with the expectation that it will... theregister.com

NewsClaude API pricing change

It's no longer free to use Claude through third-party tools like OpenClaw

OpenClaw users will now either have to pay for a Claude usage bundle or switch to another LLM. engadget.com

LaunchLLM knowledge resource

Andrej Karpathy Unveils LLM Wiki, a Living Archive for AI Ideas

Former Tesla AI chief Andrej Karpathy has introduced LLM Wiki, an experimental project that treats large language models as collaborative,... startupfortune.com

Opinionon-device LLM analysis

I Interviewed Apple’s On-Device LLM

Since I had this hammer out, everything looked like a nail. I ran 226 tests against the ~3B parameter language model Apple ships on every Mac with Apple... blog.adafruit.com