Yandex Open-Sources YaFF: A Zero-Copy Wire Format for Protobuf With Near-Struct Read Speed
In this article we look at YaFF, Yandex's open-source zero-copy wire format for the Protobuf ecosystem. We keep the .proto file as the single source of truth, changing only how data sits in memory. We walk through its four layouts — Fixed, Flat, Sparse, and Dynamic — and the benchmark where Flat Lay...
How to Build a Forecasting Pipeline with TimeCopilot Using Foundation Models and Automated Anomaly Detection
We build an end-to-end forecasting workflow with TimeCopilot on a panel of real airline passenger data and a synthetic seasonal series with injected anomalies. We evaluate statistical, foundation, and optional GPU-based models using rolling cross-validation and multiple error metrics. We generate pr...
Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.
Salesforce CodeGen Tutorial: Generate, Validate, and Rerank Python Functions With Unit Tests and Safety Checks
We implement an end-to-end workflow for Salesforce CodeGen, loaded from Hugging Face. We move past basic inference by adding function extraction, syntax checking, static safety checks, and unit-test validation. We rerank best-of-N candidates, compose multi-turn program synthesis, and experiment with...
Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs
The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be comprised of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.
OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO
OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.
Almost half of U.S. singles feel negatively about AI in dating, Match says
About 47% of singles look negatively at the use of AI in dating -- but, many dating app users are open to AI helping with profile punch-ups and conversation starters.
‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone
Karamo Brown, famous for his pep talks on Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” has jumped into the wellness and AI space with his new app, Kē. After spending a year and a half focusing on his own journey—from fitness and nutrition to meditation, sobriety, relationships, and personal growth—Brown wants to help oth...
The KV Cache Compression Race: TurboQuant vs OSCAR vs EpiCache
The KV cache now outweighs model weights at long context. Here's how TurboQuant, OSCAR, and EpiCache each attack that memory bottleneck — and why they're more complementary than competitive.
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NVIDIA SkillSpector Guide: Scanning AI Skills for Security Risks with Static Analysis and SARIF Reports
In this tutorial, we use NVIDIA SkillSpector to evaluate AI skills for security risks before deployment. We build a corpus of benign and deliberately vulnerable skills, then scan them through SkillSpector's programmatic LangGraph workflow. We organize the risk scores and findings with pandas, then v...