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Scaleout Systems, a NATO-backed startup founded by Uppsala University researchers, is adapting small AI models for autonomous drone operations in military contexts. Initially focused on vehicle-mounted AI, the company pivoted to defense applications following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, aiming to provide NATO allies with a strategic advantage. Their work involves deploying lean machine learning models capable of computer vision tasks on drone hardware and forward-deployed edge devices, as part of the DIANA Challenge Program's Federated Aerial Intelligence for Recon project. AI

Independent security researchers have demonstrated a method to bypass security measures at OpenAI, leveraging Anthropic's Claude AI model. This technique involved using Claude to generate malicious code that could exploit vulnerabilities within OpenAI's systems. The researchers successfully used this approach to gain unauthorized access, highlighting potential security risks associated with advanced AI models. AI

Researchers have developed the Probabilistic Allen Algebra (PAA), an extension of Allen's interval algebra designed to handle temporal uncertainty. PAA models time points using Gaussian distributions and intervals with Gaussian midpoints and truncated-Gaussian durations. This framework allows for graded temporal relations like "roughly during" by deriving probabilities from distributions over interval boundaries, rather than assigning crisp scores. The system is validated through Monte Carlo simulations and is available as an open-source Python package. AI

Researchers have developed a novel framework called FCA-Guided Counterfactual (FCA-CF) to generate actionable explanations for multi-modal breast cancer diagnosis models. This framework uses Formal Concept Analysis to constrain the search for counterfactual explanations, ensuring they are clinically relevant. In evaluations on the TCGA-BRCA dataset, FCA-CF achieved perfect validity, meaning all generated counterfactuals successfully altered the diagnosis prediction. It also demonstrated superior sparsity, requiring fewer feature changes than other valid methods, and strong proximity to the original instance. AI

Researchers have developed DART, a novel training-free method designed to improve the reuse of LoRA adapters in few-step video diffusion models. This technique addresses the degradation in quality and altered functionality that can occur when LoRAs trained for longer diffusion trajectories are applied to shorter ones. DART combines low-rank coordinate transport with target-schedule response calibration, achieving a notable improvement in joint quality score and functional retention on a four-step Wan2.2 target. AI

Researchers have developed MaSCoD, a novel multi-agent framework designed to improve causal graph generation by explicitly addressing the omission of relevant causal relations. The framework organizes candidate third variables and local structural patterns before direct-edge judgment, utilizing LLMs like GPT-5.4 and GPT-4o for its operations. Evaluations on datasets such as Auto-MPG, DWD, and Sachs indicate that MaSCoD's performance is dependent on the dataset and the specific LLM backbone used, rather than offering uniform superiority. The study suggests that pre-organizing structural information can be a valuable design target for controlling omissions in causal discovery. AI

Researchers have developed a method for robots to learn and transfer closed-loop policies, which are complex sets of instructions that require observation processing, state management, and branching logic. By treating successful policy implementations as reusable software archives, a coding agent can generate and improve policies for new tasks using existing code and simulation feedback. This approach demonstrated an increase in mean success rate from 28.3% to 64.2% on source tasks and achieved an average of 57.0% success on nine new target tasks when using optimized archived implementations, significantly outperforming policies generated without references. AI

Researchers have developed Video DeltaNet (VDN), a novel approach to enhance the efficiency of video diffusion models. VDN addresses the computational bottleneck caused by attention mechanisms in processing long video sequences by integrating local Softmax attention with a bidirectional linear memory. This hybrid approach, featuring Video Delta Attention (VDA), updates memory once per frame, incorporating spatial tokens to maintain fine-grained interactions. When applied to the MiniMax H3 model, VDN achieved a significant speedup, reducing denoising time for a 14.3-second video from 50 steps to 6.70 seconds on eight NVIDIA B200 GPUs. AI

Researchers have developed SOLAR, a novel multimodal generative model designed to understand tomato plant diseases. Unlike previous approaches that treated disease analysis as isolated prediction tasks, SOLAR integrates visual symptoms with textual context to provide comprehensive and explainable diagnoses. The model formulates disease analysis as a generative Visual Question Answering (VQA) task, enabling it to answer six different diagnostic questions by aligning visual features with language representations. Experiments on over 41,000 images and 216,000 QA pairs show SOLAR outperforms existing models in accuracy, robustness, and multimodal reasoning. AI

The prism-ml/Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf model is now available for use with various local applications and inference providers. Instructions are provided for integrating the model with tools such as llama.cpp, vLLM, Ollama, LM Studio, and Jan. The model can also be utilized through notebooks on Google Colab and Kaggle, or directly via Docker containers. AI

PrismML has released Bonsai 2 27B, a new model that achieves near-lossless compression while being significantly smaller than previous iterations. This development focuses on reducing the model's footprint by nine times, making it more efficient for deployment and use. AI

LangChain has released several updates, including the alpha versions of langchain-typesafe (0.0.1a2 and 0.0.1a1) which introduce experimental middleware like AutoModeMiddleware and ModelRouterMiddleware, alongside the TypeSafeClassifier. Additionally, LangChain version 1.4.1 has been released, focusing on bug fixes such as preserving open MCP object arguments and correcting documentation for InterruptOnConfig. AI

Doubao, in collaboration with Volcano Engine, has launched the Doubao Cockpit Assistant, an AI-native in-car system. This assistant aims to provide a natural, intelligent, and reliable driving experience by understanding complex requests, controlling vehicle functions, and engaging in personalized conversations. The first vehicle to feature this technology will be the Roewe JiaYue 07, with pre-orders expected soon, and other SAIC Audi models to follow. AI

Unsloth has released an updated Docker image that now supports both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, alongside multi-user account capabilities for isolated work. This update also introduces faster inference speeds for INT8/FP8 image diffusion models and enhanced support for ARM64 Windows CUDA, GRPO, and AMD RDNA hardware. AI

Xiaomi has released MiMo 2.6, a live training dashboard that provides real-time insights into the model's development. The dashboard is accessible via a public link, allowing users to observe the training process as it happens. This release offers a transparent view into the inner workings of Xiaomi's AI model development. AI

Researchers have developed a new statistical method called leave-a-window-out estimation for analyzing sequences of random variables. This technique aims to improve the estimation of functionals, such as the probability of a novel next token or test error, which are crucial in understanding temporal dependencies. The proposed method is shown to be effective for a broad range of stationary processes, including Markov chains and autoregressive processes, outperforming traditional leave-one-out methods in simulations. AI

A new research paper evaluates MiniMax-H3, an omni-modal generative model designed to process and generate text, images, video, and audio. The study introduces a novel framework to test the model's ability to reason about the physical world using complementary information across these modalities. Across 517 instances, MiniMax-H3 achieved a 41.97% success rate, with its strongest performance in Video-based Decision Reasoning (56.00%) and weakest in Audio-based Disambiguation Reasoning (27.40%). The findings suggest that effective multimodal integration is crucial for fully leveraging the capabilities of such models. AI

The llama.cpp project has released several updates, including version b11024 which features an update to OpenVINO 2026.4 and fixes for various compiler warnings. Other recent releases, such as b11022 and b11020, introduced improvements to Vulkan support and message delimiter parsing for DeepSeek models, respectively. Version b11019 addressed issues with GGUF file alignment and LoRA loading, while b11013 resolved buffer alignment problems in Vulkan shaders. Earlier updates like b11017 and b11016 focused on Vulkan and SYCL optimizations, and b11015 included fixes for OpenCL warnings. AI

Anthropic has released version 0.7.2 of its TypeScript SDK for AWS. This update includes changes from version 0.7.1 to 0.7.2, detailing the full changelog between these two specific versions. AI

Anthropic has released version 0.4.7 of its Foundry SDK for TypeScript. This update follows version 0.4.6 and includes changes detailed in the full changelog. AI

Anthropic has released version 0.33.6 of its TypeScript SDK for Bedrock. This update includes changes detailed in the full changelog, which can be viewed by comparing the current version with the previous one. AI

Anthropic has released version 0.126.0 of its TypeScript SDK, introducing several new features and improvements. Key additions include auto mode tool permissions for Managed Agents, a compaction parameter for beta use, and the ability to add URL sources to the web fetch tool. The update also addresses various bug fixes related to API usage, client retries, and type compatibility, while enhancing performance through module optimization. AI

Ollama has released version 0.34.0-rc4, enabling users to integrate Ollama models directly into ChatGPT Desktop. This update improves structured output performance on Apple Silicon and adds support for OpenAI-compatible client tool search and response compaction, ensuring images function correctly with compacted responses. Separately, Claude Code has seen several updates, including version 2.1.267 which introduces a `maxEffortLevel` setting to cap effort across providers and fixes numerous bugs related to session resumption, tool handling, and artifact publishing. Earlier versions of Claude Code also addressed issues with LLM gateway configurations and plugin directory handling. AI