Modular's Abdul Dakkak on taming AI hardware fragmentation

Reddit users say Minimax h3 video generation (fl2va/r2va modes) delivers good prompt adherence on initial outputs but hallucinates badly when changing seeds for variations.

A r/StableDiffusion post recommends drawing your own composition and letting Minimax handle it rather than pulling references from the internet. The poster notes the model struggles when replacing people in physically awkward placements, such as hair tied in a bun behind the head.

Nightly build v0.25.1-nightly.20261011.01d3e6d81a adds managed-agent connector and broker robustness fixes plus mailbox handling over Session messages. Changes landed via PRs #13330 and #13892.

A solo developer recreated Microsoft Office's Word, Excel and PowerPoint as free open-source apps built with Claude, and claims he earns 4x more per employee than Google. Autodesk tools and other subscription-based services may be next.

Weco AI's AutoResearch loop proposes code changes, keeps those that improve a language model's score, and discards the rest. The team uses Mini Parameter Golf to shrink training experiments enough to inspect while they run.

Amazon is negotiating to acquire AI startup Decart AI in a deal that could be valued at around $7 billion, per the Wall Street Journal. The report cites unnamed sources and no terms have been confirmed.