Alibaba's Metis agent cuts redundant AI tool calls from 98% to 2% — and gets more accurate doing it

Alibaba's HDPO framework trains AI agents to skip unnecessary tool calls, cutting redundant invocations from 98% to 2% while ...
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You Installed Hermes. Now Make It Look Better Than ChatGPT or Claude

The terminal is fine. But if you actually want to live in your Hermes agent, here are the four best GUIs the community has ...
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Hackers poisoned the PyTorch Lightning AI package and it started stealing credentials the moment you imported it

A single line of Python code was all it took. Developers who ran import lightning after installing versions 2.6.2 or 2.6.3 of ...
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Linux App Release Roundup (April 2026)

April 2026 has been and gone, but not before delivering an array of Linux software updates, including new versions of popular ...
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New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials

DEEP#DOOR embeds a Python RAT in a dropper script, using bore[.]pub C2 to steal credentials and evade Windows defenses, ...

One tool call to rule them all? New open source Python tool Runpod Flash eliminates containers for faster AI dev

With Flash GA, the company is attempting to transition from being a provider of raw compute to becoming the essential ...
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Master Python faster with the right tutor

Python’s versatility makes it a top choice for coding beginners and professionals, but learning it effectively often depends on the right guidance. From free online courses to expert-led tutoring, ...
InfoQ

AI-First Software Delivery: Balancing Innovation with Proven Practices

Wes Reisz discusses the shift toward AI-first software delivery, emphasizing that agentic workflows are not one-size-fits-all ...