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Great new audio transcription model by Mistral.
Voxtral transcribes at the speed of sound. #mistral

Voxtral transcribes at the speed of sound. | Mistral AI
Precision diarization, real-time transcription, and a new audio playground.

If you have a WordPress blog and want to retrospectively update your media library with image descriptions ... consider my little python script https://repos.mxhdr.net/maxheadroom/wp-image-alt-generator
This will generate images descriptions using various LLM providers …

wp-image-alt-generator
A Python script to add image descriptions to WordPress images in the gallery and also update existing blog posts with these descriptions. Provides multiple LLM backends.

💢 The Banco Master case: The $2 billion fraud probe that is shaking Brazil
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-21/the-banco-master-case-the-2-billion-fraud-probe-that-is-shaking-brazil.html

The Banco Master case: The $2 billion fraud probe that is shaking Brazil
The scandal calls into question the role of the Central Bank and two Supreme Court justices

Assistant Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas Lewandowski, to you!
https://bsky.app/profile/nwayne66.bsky.social/post/3mgdoralrdc22

heise | DIY-Wärmepumpe: Wie man als Hobby-Handwerker 10.000 Euro spart
Wie ein Hausbesitzer seine Wärmepumpe selbst einbaute, 10.000 Euro sparte und welche Hürden er dabei meistern musste – ein Videobeitrag.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Gossip:
🎵 Standing in the Way of Control
#Gossip
https://masturbeator.bandcamp.com/track/gossip-standing-in-the-way-of-control-masturbeator-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/7B6jxcVkJTHMUE83ZndMjl

An interview with Reach CEO Piers North about traffic from Google Discover falling ~50% in H2 2025, potential deals with AI companies, and more (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/reach-ceo-piers…

Reach CEO Piers North says AI approach 'mixture of courtship and courts'
Reach was not overly reliant on Google Discover but took "advantages of opportunities as they come", CEO Piers North said as referrals fell.

Jetzt geht's los mit der Känguru-Rebellion. Extra mit nach China geschleppt /cc @… #Chongqing @…@…

Falko Kommentar zu Die Känguru Rebellion - MXHDR BookWyrm
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Hegseth:
"The dumb, politically correct wars of the past were the opposite of what we're doing here.
They had vague objections with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement.
No more."
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mgdt3r65qn2s

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Hegseth: "The dumb, politically correct wars of the past were the opposite of what we're doing here. They had vague objections with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more."

Only just recently had some time to read the Kimi K2.5 technical report , an impressive open weights model (it's not fully opensource), the distance towards large paid proprietary foundation models is becoming very small.
https://github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5/blob/ma…

Kimi-K2.5/tech_report.pdf at master · MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5
Moonshot's most powerful model. Contribute to MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5 development by creating an account on GitHub.