OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral

OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development ...
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9 reasons Java is still great

Java has endured radical transformations in the technology landscape and many threats to its prominence. What makes this technology so great, and what does the future hold for Java?

Open source Mamba 3 arrives to surpass Transformer architecture with nearly 4% improved language modeling, reduced latency

This release is good for developers building long-context applications, real-time reasoning agents, or those seeking to reduce GPU costs in high-volume production environments.
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OpenAI buys Python tools builder Astral

Astral tools and expertise will be leveraged in OpenAI Codex agentic coding app to expand AI capabilities across the software ...

OpenAI, Mistral AI release new hardware-efficient language models

OpenAI Group PBC and Mistral AI SAS today introduced new artificial intelligence models optimized for cost-sensitive use cases. OpenAI is rolling out two algorithms called GPT-5.4 mini and GPT 5.4 ...

Toobit Rolls Out AI Agent Trade Kit, Bridging AI Conversations with Market Actions

Toobit, the award-winning global cryptocurrency exchange, today announces the release of its AI Agent Trade Kit. This open-source framework allows traders to link large language models directly to the ...

Chainguard is racing to fix trust in AI-built software - here's how

Chainguard is expanding beyond open-source security to protect open-core software, AI agent skills, and GitHub Actions.

PHP team votes on recognized open-source licenses

The vote in the core PHP team on new open-source licenses has begun. These are intended to create a uniform regulation.
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OpenAI to strengthen its Codex coding agent through acquisition of Astral

The acquisition of Astral comes at a time when OpenAI is rapidly growing it developer platform. Since the start of this year, Codex has seen its usage increase five-fold, and it now boasts over 2 ...

Vercel Appoints Mitchell Hashimoto, Co-Founder of HashiCorp and Creator of Terraform, to Board of Directors

Vercel, the agentic infrastructure company, today announced the appointment of Mitchell Hashimoto, co-founder of HashiCorp and creator of industry-defining open source tools including Terraform and ...
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OWASP GenAI Security Project Expands AI Security Frameworks Ahead of RSA 2026, Celebrates Continued Sponsor Support

New resources, a full week of RSA programming and growing industry adoption mark a milestone moment for the open-source AI security community WILMINGTON, Del., March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The OWASP ...

New MiniMax M2.7 proprietary AI model is 'self-evolving' and can perform 30-50% of reinforcement learning research workflow

For direct API integration and via third-party provider OpenRouter, MiniMax M2.7 maintains a cost-leading price point of 0.30 dollars per 1 million input tokens and 1.20 dollars per 1 million output ...