We had a fascinating question come in after our Llama 3.2 3B chatbot demo on Metis – what if you paired this fully offline LLM with @Home_Assistant
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Llama 3.2 Offline LLM Powers Local Smart Home Assistant
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Perplexity integrates SEC data for stock queries, citing original sources.
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Massive win for day traders: Perplexity just got a complete (!) SEC data integration, so queries about stocks are now backed with citations and references to original source documents. Start your one-man hedge fund.
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React support for iOS Android apps announced
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Yes, we support iOS and Android apps. You can simply ask in the prompt, and the code will be entirely React. However, we will also add more native support soon.
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AI Studio Transitions to Full API Key Based Architecture
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We are working to transition AI Studio to be fully API key based
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Running Text-to-Image Workflows with Stable Image Ultra ComfyUI
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If you’re catching up, last week we walked through how to run a basic text-to-image workflow using Stable Image Ultra through ComfyUI. You can check it out here https://
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Open Source Solutions for Government Website Development
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Open source solutions are recommended for government website builds. When competing priorities like cost, compliance, and community access are constraining your choices, #opensource offers the strongest foundation for a balanced website build https://
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Why AI agents fail at programming: scaffolding solutions
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My new dev diary is out: Why AI agents fail at programming (hint: wrong scaffolding) Is $100/day for AI coding expensive? Not if it replaces 2 weeks of work SE2: How we're making complexity fun instead of overwhelming Read the full diary:
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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview Evals Released
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The latest evals for Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview! It also doesn't seem to be a "kingfall" model that was spotted yesterday, but rather a gradual update to a regular 2.5 Pro.
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Software Inertia and LLM Adaptation: UI Automation vs Legacy Systems
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Imo you are also dramatically under-estimating inertia, including in Software (e.g. see pervasive use of COBOL to this day). The more general formulation looks something like this. Do LLMs adapt to all existing software? (e.g. Operator seeing UI screens, making clicks)
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