Modernizing complex legacy code with AI agents. Legacy code modernization is challenging, especially when migrating complex Fortran 77 systems to modern C++. Mistral successfully migrated 40,000 lines of a physics-intensive reservoir simulator by building a parity harness for numerical verification, documenting the codebase with AI agents, and using structured workflows with human oversight to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.

A lot has happened in the last few weeks. I am sure that OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra is top of mind for everyone right now.

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Introducing the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native visual understanding. Designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling to larger models.

Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, IBM named Gordon Bell finalists | IBM Quantum Computing Blog Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, IBM named Gordon Bell finalists Finalist recognition for one of supercomputing’s top prizes arrives as researchers report new progress in automated quantum-HPC chemistry workflows. Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM were named 2026 ACM Gordon Bell Prize finalists for breakthrough quantum-HPC chemistry research.

For our latest Creator Spotlight, we spoke with Zairisu, who utilizes their background in indie game development to help create Characters on the platform.

HFresh is Weaviate's disk-based vector index for applications that prioritize lower memory use over peak query throughput.

As the quality of open source models have bridged the gap with closed source models, a lot of developers and organizations are looking to move to open source models for more ownership, control and economics. This post is a deep dive into the open model AI stack that developers need to consider as they move from closed to open source.

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