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- 2026-07-08 research_milestone Researchers published a paper introducing FORGE, a new method for functional tool-use generalization in robots. source
- 2026-05-19 product_launch The open-source project Forge was launched, demonstrating significant performance improvements for language models on agentic tasks. source
- 2026-05-14 product_launch Forge, an AI project, was released under the AGPL license. source
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Forge AI coding agent eliminates silent data-loss failures
Forge, a Python AI coding agent, has been updated to eliminate a class of silent failures that could lead to data loss. Previously, errors in reading existing files before applying a patch were ignored, causing the agen…
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Silicon Valley startup raises $200M for anti-drone tech
Silicon Valley startup Allen Control Systems (ACS) has raised $200 million, led by Smash Capital, for its Bullfrog platform designed to counter drone threats. The system, capable of shooting down drones, is being rapidl…
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AI companies capture 87.5% of US venture dollars in H1 2026
Venture capital funding in the first half of 2026 heavily favored AI companies, with 87.5% of all U.S. venture dollars directed towards AI megadeals. While non-AI companies saw median valuation step-ups of 1.6x, AI comp…
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New quantization method enables efficient serving of large MoE models
Researchers have developed a novel quantization technique called Tied Trit-Planes (PTQTP) that constrains LLM weight matrices to a uniform nine-level quantizer. This method allows for a lossless folding of two trit plan…
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Regional Prompter compatibility issues emerge with new AI image generation architectures
The Regional Prompter tool, a popular method for controlling image generation regions in Stable Diffusion, is facing compatibility issues with newer transformer architectures like Flux and DiT. While the core plugin rem…
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Forge rebrands to Smeldr, maintaining integration continuity
Smeldr, formerly known as Forge, has released version 1.32.0, which includes a rename of the platform. This update ensures that existing webhooks, CI pipelines, and AI agent integrations continue to function without int…
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Forge rebranded to Smeldr in v1.32.0 with dual-emit strategy
The Smeldr project has released version 1.32.0, which rebrands its core component from Forge to Smeldr. This change is implemented at the wire level, employing a dual-emit strategy to ensure compatibility. Webhook HMAC …
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Coinbase Forge AI coding framework integrated into OpenSWE
Coinbase has developed an internal AI coding framework called Forge, previously known as Cloudbot and Claudebot. This framework is integrated into the OpenSWE open-source coding agent framework, which also incorporates …
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AMD GPU users seek local AI image generation solutions
Users on Reddit are seeking local image generation solutions compatible with AMD GPUs, expressing frustration with existing software like ComfyUI and Forge. Despite acknowledging that AMD hardware is not typically optim…
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FORGE method enhances LLM video understanding without retraining
Researchers have developed FORGE, a novel method for improving long-form video understanding in multimodal large language models (MLLMs). This model-agnostic technique operates at inference time without requiring additi…
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Forge UI gets modern dark/light theme extension
A new modern theme has been developed for Forge and Forge Neo, offering both dark and light modes with customizable accent colors. This theme installs as a standard extension, ensuring it does not interfere with core fi…
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Forge Neo users report drastically slower image generation speeds
A user on Reddit's r/StableDiffusion subreddit is experiencing significantly slower image generation times with Forge Neo compared to the standard Forge version. The user, who is new to the software, reported that image…
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LAVA's FORGE framework addresses AI infrastructure security risks
LAVA, a company emerging from stealth, has developed the FORGE AI framework. This framework addresses overlooked security risks associated with data centers and AI infrastructure, focusing on hardening the underlying sy…
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User seeks help learning ComfyUI and troubleshooting checkpoint issues
A user is seeking assistance with learning ComfyUI, a node-based interface for Stable Diffusion. They have encountered an issue where ComfyUI is not recognizing their checkpoint files. The user is also requesting tips a…
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Stability Matrix simplifies Stable Diffusion interface management
Stability Matrix is an open-source tool designed to simplify the installation and management of popular Stable Diffusion interfaces like ComfyUI, Automatic1111, and Forge. It allows users to run these interfaces side-by…
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Stable Diffusion Forge Neo Inpainting Quality Declines
Users are reporting issues with the inpainting functionality in Forge Neo, a component of Stable Diffusion. The quality of inpainting in Forge Neo is described as significantly worse than in older versions of Forge, wit…
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AI coding agents get shared 'living plan' to prevent team alignment chaos
A new approach called MCP aims to solve the alignment problem for teams using AI coding agents. Instead of relying on static design documents or frequent meetings, MCP proposes a shared, living design source-of-truth th…
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AI coding agents suffer from 'drift' due to unreadable specs; Forge aims to fix it
AI coding agents often struggle to build the correct functionality due to "agent drift," where the agent misinterprets or fails to access the full design intent. This occurs because specifications are typically in prose…
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Browser window size impacts Stable Diffusion generation speed
A user discovered that the size of the browser window used to access Stable Diffusion web UIs significantly impacts generation speed, with maximized or fullscreen windows being 20-40% slower than smaller windows. This s…
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New FORGE method enhances robots' functional tool-use generalization
Researchers have developed a new method called FORGE (FunctiOnal Reasoning and Grounded Execution) to improve robots' ability to generalize functional tool use. FORGE decouples functional reasoning from action execution…