Hugging Face AI News & Updates
Hugging Face CEO Warns of 'LLM Bubble' While Broader AI Remains Strong
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue argues that while large language models (LLMs) may be experiencing a bubble that could burst soon, the broader AI field remains healthy and is just beginning. He predicts a shift toward sma...
Hugging Face Co-founder Thomas Wolf to Discuss Open-Source AI Future at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Thomas Wolf, co-founder and chief science officer of Hugging Face, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 about making AI research and models open and accessible. The session will focus on how open-source development, rat...
Hugging Face Enters Robotics Market with $1M in Sales of Open-Source Reachy Mini Robot
Hugging Face, primarily known for open-source AI models, has entered the robotics market with its Reachy Mini robot, achieving $1 million in sales within five days of launch. The desk-sized robot features cameras, microp...
Hugging Face Releases Lightweight Open-Source Robotics AI Model SmolVLA
Hugging Face has released SmolVLA, a 450 million parameter open-source AI model for robotics that can run on consumer hardware like MacBooks. The model is designed to democratize access to vision-language-action capabili...
Google has quietly released an experimental app called AI Edge Gallery that allows users to download and run AI models from Hugging Face directly on their Android phones without internet connectivity. The app enables loc...
Hugging Face launches open-source humanoid robots HopeJR and Reachy Mini
Hugging Face announced two new open-source humanoid robots: HopeJR, a full-size robot with 66 degrees of freedom priced at $3,000, and Reachy Mini, a desktop unit costing $250-$300. The company aims to democratize roboti...
Hugging Face Releases Open Source Computer-Using AI Agent
Hugging Face has released Open Computer Agent, a freely available cloud-hosted AI agent that can operate a Linux virtual machine with preinstalled applications including Firefox. The agent can handle simple tasks like we...
Hugging Face Scientist Challenges AI's Creative Problem-Solving Limitations
Thomas Wolf, Hugging Face's co-founder and chief science officer, expressed concerns that current AI development paradigms are creating "yes-men on servers" rather than systems capable of revolutionary scientific thinkin...