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PyTorch Foundation adds Helion and Safetensors - and the open AI stack gets a little harder to ignore

Mark Collier briefed me on two updates under embargo at KubeCon Europe 2026 last month: Helion, which opens up GPU kernel ...
IEEE

Actor–Critic Model Predictive Control: Differentiable Optimization Meets Reinforcement Learning for Agile Flight

Abstract: A key open challenge in agile quadrotor flight is how to combine the flexibility and task-level generality of model-free reinforcement learning (RL) with the structure and online replanning ...
Wired

AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...
VentureBeat

Google releases FunctionGemma: a tiny edge model that can control mobile devices with natural language

While Gemini 3 is still making waves, Google's not taking the foot off the gas in terms of releasing new models. Yesterday, the company released FunctionGemma, a specialized 270-million parameter AI ...
EurekAlert!

Model-based control of a continuum manipulator with online Jacobian error compensation using Kalman filtering

(A) 3D model of the manipulator structure, consisting of 3 continuum segments. The manipulator operates in the plane. (B) Close-up view of the revolute joint between adjacent disks. (C) Diagram ...
GitHub

NRLMSIS-2.1 Python Wrapper

msis21py is a wrapper around the NRLMSIS-2.1 empirical model. This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details. The NRLMSIS-2.1 model is in the public domain as per the ...
WPBF

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Stuart on Everglades restoration, control the python population

FOCUS TODAY WAS ON THE REMOVAL OF THE BURMESE PYTHON AND HOW THE INVASIVE SPECIES CONTINUES TO CAUSE ISSUE IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES. NOW, THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE PYTHON IS NOT ONLY INVASIVE, BUT IS AN ...
IEEE

Improved Modulated Model Predictive Control for Three-Level NPC Inverter-Fed PMSM Drive With Ternary Partial Derivative-Based Cost Function

Abstract: In the three-level neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter-fed PMSM drive, the modulated model predictive control (M2PC) possesses the advantages of fixed switching frequency, lower torque ...