Ifm releases K2 Horizon model, claims frontier performance with open availability

Releases·Model Releasefeatured

IFM researchers host AMA on K2 Horizon, a fleet of six fully open models from 0.9B to 375B

Researchers at the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) opened an AMA on r/LocalLLaMA about K2 Horizon, a connected fleet of six fully open foundation models ranging from 0.9B to 375B parameters. Alongside weights, IFM open-sourced training data and recipes, training code, intermediate checkpoints, fine-grained training logs, and evals. The AMA session runs Monday, Oct 5, 8–10 PM PT, with questions already open, giving practitioners direct access to the team on pre-training, post-training, MoVA, sparse attention, and deployment.

Researchers at the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) opened an AMA on r/LocalLLaMA about K2 Horizon, a connected fleet of six fully open foundation models ranging from 0.9B to 375B parameters. Alongside weights, IFM open-sourced training data and recipes, training code, intermediate checkpoints, fine-grained training logs, and evals. The AMA session runs Monday, Oct 5, 8–10 PM PT, with questions already open, giving practitioners direct access to the team on pre-training, post-training, MoVA, sparse attention, and deployment.

OpenAI announced AI Futures, a new initiative or product, on August 20, 2026. The announcement was shared via a link on Hacker News, but details are sparse.

OpenChamber, a new agentic development environment, has been released. It aims to provide a platform for AI-driven software development, though specific features and capabilities are not detailed in the available posts.

Google published a blog post titled "The next chapter of our AI momentum," outlining its latest AI initiatives and progress. The post signals continued investment and development in AI technologies, though specific details are not provided in the available excerpt.

Products·launched

Solodesk 95: A retro-style desktop environment with AI updates

Solodesk 95 is a desktop environment that mimics the look and feel of Windows 95, now with exciting updates since launch. It uses LLMs to provide AI-powered features, likely enhancing user interaction within the retro interface. It solves the problem of bringing modern AI capabilities to a nostalgic, lightweight desktop experience.

Solodesk 95 is a desktop environment that mimics the look and feel of Windows 95, now with exciting updates since launch. It uses LLMs to provide AI-powered features, likely enhancing user interaction within the retro interface. It solves the problem of bringing modern AI capabilities to a nostalgic, lightweight desktop experience.