Whisper

Timeline

1. Oct 10, 2026 · Opinion / analysis · 1 source
   Fully local conversational AI: Whisper + Hermes 8B + Kokoro, zero cloud, running inside a plush toy
   A conversational AI plush toy where nothing leaves my network.
2. Oct 7, 2026 · Research paper · 1 source
   Itgan at NADI 2026 shared task: Parameter-Efficient Whisper Adaptation for Robust, Mixed-Dialect and Code-Switched Arabic ASR
   We describe the Itgan systems for the three ASR subtasks of NADI 2026, namely robust country-level ASR (1.1), mixed-dialect ASR (1.2), and Tunisian code-switched ASR (1.3).
3. Oct 7, 2026 · Research paper · 1 source
   IVG-UAV: An Intelligent Voice-Guided UAV System for Autonomous Ripe Fruit Harvesting with Vision-Based Classification and Adaptive Path Planning
   This project presents the development and simulation of a voice-controlled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system designed to automate harvesting tasks in extensive plantations.
4. Jul 11, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 source
   vllm-project/vllm v0.25.0
   Building on quantized-model support from the previous release, MRv2 is now the standard execution path, with new support for EVS (#46535), realtime embeddings (#46762), prefix caching for Mamba hybrid models (#42406), multimodal-prefix bidirectional attention (#46942), and dynamic speculative decoding compatible with full CUDA graphs (#45953).
5. Jul 3, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 source
   huggingface/transformers v5.13.0: Release v5.13.0
   Kimi K2.5 is an open-source, native multimodal agentic model that advances practical capabilities in long-horizon coding, coding-driven design, proactive autonomous execution, and swarm-based task orchestration.
6. Jun 3, 2026 · Open-source release · 1 source
   huggingface/transformers v5.10.1: Release v5.10.1
   Sorry everyone, this happens when we rush a release!!!

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