IBM Granite Embedding R2: Open Multilingual RAG Models

IBM Granite Embedding R2: Open Multilingual RAG Models

IBM has released Granite Embedding Multilingual R2: a pair of Apache 2.0 embedding models with 32K context, 200+ languages, and a top MTEB score under 100M parameters. A drop-in swap for paid commercial embedding APIs.

Kimi WebBridge Lets Claude Code Drive Your Browser

Kimi WebBridge Lets Claude Code Drive Your Browser

Moonshot AI released Kimi WebBridge on May 14, a browser extension that lets coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex drive your local Chrome or Edge through the Chrome DevTools Protocol. Logins stay local.

Perplexity Computer Now Queries Snowflake and Databricks

Perplexity Computer Now Queries Snowflake and Databricks

Perplexity has connected its Computer agentic workspace to live company data in Snowflake and Databricks, turning the agent into a data analyst that can answer business questions in plain English. Released May 14, 2026 for Pro, Max, Enterprise Pro, and Enterprise Max users.

Cerebras IPO Hits $60B Valuation, Powers OpenAI

Cerebras IPO Hits $60B Valuation, Powers OpenAI

Cerebras Systems priced its IPO at $185 per share on May 13, then opened on Nasdaq the next day at $350 and closed up 68% at $311. By May 16 the stock had settled near $280, putting the chip company at a $60B market cap.

OpenReader v3: Self-Hosted TTS for PDF, EPUB, DOCX

OpenReader v3: Self-Hosted TTS for PDF, EPUB, DOCX

OpenReader v3.0 converts PDF, EPUB, DOCX, TXT, and Markdown files into synchronized read-along sessions or exported audiobooks, with multiple TTS providers and Docker deployment.

Scenema Audio: Open-Source Voice Cloning From LTX 2.3

Scenema Audio: Open-Source Voice Cloning From LTX 2.3

ScenemaAI released Scenema Audio on Hugging Face and GitHub, an open-weights expressive TTS and zero-shot voice cloning model built on the audio half of Lightricks LTX-2. MIT inference code, 13 languages, real-time on a 24 GB GPU.

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