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This approach ensures accessibility of top-tier research while remaining private and reducing the need for remote servers. </p> </div> </a> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://github.com/transformerlab/transformerlab-app"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Transformer Lab</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> Transformer Lab is a comprehensive application for building, training, and managing local LLMs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It simplifies working with LLMs, allowing users to train, fine-tune, evaluate, and export them across formats. </p> </div> </a> </section> </div> <section class="mzp-c-call-out mzp-t-light"> <div class="mzp-l-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-call-out-title">Developer tools and infrastructure enhancement</h2> <div class="mzp-c-call-out-desc"> <p><p data-block-key="9rzyt">Tools and systems that make software development easier and more powerful, helping developers build and manage their projects more effectively.</p></p> </div> </div> </section> <div class="mzp-l-content mzp-l-card-third"> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://www.ersilia.io/model-hub"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Ersilia Model Hub</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> A curated set of AI/ML models for drug discovery research in low- and middle-income countries. The models on Ersilia Model Hub can operate locally, ensuring access even in areas with poor internet connectivity and helping improve researcher access for drug discovery in the Global South. </p> </div> </a> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://foyle.io/"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Foyle</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> An AI copilot that learns from continuous feedback, Foyle uses a notebook format to simplify automation and operations tasks across workflows. </p> </div> </a> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">FREUD</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> Feature Retrieval, Editing, and Understanding for Developers (FREUD) helps developers better control and understand AI model outputs by focusing on the interpretability of speech-to-text models like Whisper. </p> </div> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">The NX Project</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> The NX project aims to create a scalable, distributed machine learning framework that outperforms current solutions by leveraging Elixir’s unique strengths in multitasking and fault-tolerance. </p> </div> </a> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://github.com/VikParuchuri/marker"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Marker</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> Using advanced OCR for layout, text, and math detection, Marker converts PDFs to Markdown while running locally. This ensures high-quality data extraction without needing constant internet access. Paired with companion tools Surya and Texify, Marker helps create robust training datasets and improves data processing efficiency. </p> </div> </a> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://openwebui.com/"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Open WebUI</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> Open WebUI is a popular platform with over 3 million downloads. It offers an easy-to-use interface that lets users run powerful GPT-like AI models without an internet connection. The team is currently focused on building a community where users can share data and insights to improve AI models together. </p> </div> </a> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://github.com/eclipse-theia"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Theia AI IDE</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> Offering full transparency, customizable prompts, and the freedom to choose and host preferred language models, Theia AI IDE extends the existing Theia editor to provide a suite of copilot options and agents, enabling developers to customize their tools and workflows with on-device or cloud AI solutions. </p> </div> </a> </section> </div> <section class="mzp-c-call-out mzp-t-light"> <div class="mzp-l-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-call-out-title">Expressive media and data visualization</h2> <div class="mzp-c-call-out-desc"> <p><p data-block-key="9rzyt">Creative projects that find new ways to display data and media, making information easier to understand and more engaging.</p></p> </div> </div> </section> <div class="mzp-l-content mzp-l-card-third"> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://ente.io/"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Ente</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> An on-device semantic search and image recognition that provides users with private, durable, and reliable photo storage. 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It can operate entirely locally with open-source models or integrate with popular model providers. </p> </div> </a> </section> <section class="mzp-c-card mzp-has-aspect-3-2"> <a class="mzp-c-card-block-link" href="https://github.com/Intelligent-Instruments-Lab/tolvera"> <div class="mzp-c-card-content"> <h2 class="mzp-c-card-title">Tölvera</h2> <p class="mzp-c-card-desc"> A creative tool for interactive art, Tölvera empowers artists to create and interact with dynamic, self-organizing systems. It is inspired by fields such as artificial life (ALife) and self-organizing systems. 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