Love catching up with the whole @huggingface team today! We're 200, moving stock markets with open-source releases, getting mentioned by presidents & trying to help the community make the whole world more open and collaborative, all of this while having fun. Let's go!
OPEN SOURCE
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Ace++ ComfyUI Plugin for Advanced Face Swapping and Object Replacement
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highlight = Ace++ for comfyui in terms of faceswapping and objective rpelacement
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Chinese Hedge Fund Open Source OS Model Disrupts AI Market
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That’s the irony, duh. The best OS model came from a Chinese hedge fund. The operative words here being ‘open source.’ That API already being built upon by hundreds of thousands of developers. (97% cheaper than Open AI’s.)
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Groq’s New Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 70B Endpoint 6x Faster
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Deepseek R1 Distill Llama 70B fun continues. Our new endpoint is now 6x faster than our previous offering. Thanks @ArtificialAnlys for the update.
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Hyperbolic hosts Llama 3 405B Base in bf16 precision
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afaik Hyperbolic is the only place that hosts my <3 Llama 3 405B Base, and in bf16 precision. So thank you 🙂
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Browser-Use: AI Agents Control Browsers for Task Automation
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5/ This is a hot week for web search agents. Browser-use lets AI agents control your browser for automation. From filling out forms to applying for jobs, it executes tasks with natural language commands, easy UI integration and simple code execution. https://
github.com/browser-use/br
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GPT Researcher: Free Alternative to OpenAI’s Deep Research Tool
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3/ OpenAI released Deep Research, but here is a free alternative, GPT Researcher: agent designed for in-depth web and local research, generating reports with citations. It can export reports to PDF and aggregate many resources for an accurate conclusion. https://
github.com/assafelovic/gp
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Text Generation Web UI: Powerful Gradio-based LLM Interface Solution
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4/ Text Generation Web UI is a powerful Gradio-based UI for running multiple LLM smoothly. It offers easy model switching, LoRA fine-tuning tool, and API support. If you're looking for a plug-and-play chatbot UI solution, give it a try! https://
github.com/oobabooga/text
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Top GitHub Repositories You Can’t Miss This Week
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Top GitHub Repos you can't miss this week: We gathered amazing community projects, from free LLM course, open-source research agents, Chatbot UI, and more. Here's everything you need to know:
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Free LLM Course 2025: Comprehensive Repository with Updated Resources
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1/ Free LLM Course 2025 edition is @maximelabonne
's comprehensive course repository, with an updated roadmap and new resources, including LLM fundamentals, fine-tuning, quantization, etc. https://
github.com/mlabonne/llm-c
ourse
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