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Fara-7B: An Efficient Agentic Model for Computer Use 

November 24, 2025
Fara-7B is our first agentic small language model for computer use. This experimental model includes robust safety measures to aid responsible deployment. Despite its size, Fara-7B holds its own against larger, more resource-intensive agentic systems.

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    Fara-7B: An Efficient Agentic Model for Computer Use 

    November 24, 2025

    Fara-7B is our first agentic small language model for computer use. This experimental model includes robust safety measures to aid responsible deployment. Despite its size, Fara-7B holds its own against larger, more resource-intensive agentic systems.

  2. Workflow icons showing tasks, thinking, and time, linked to a person symbol on a gradient background.

    Tell me when: Building agents that can wait, monitor, and act 

    October 21, 2025

    SentinelStep enables AI agents to handle monitoring tasks that run for hours or days, like watching for emails or tracking prices. It works by managing when agents should check and their context, avoiding wasted resources and missed updates.

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    RenderFormer: How neural networks are reshaping 3D rendering 

    September 10, 2025 | Yue Dong

    RenderFormer, from Microsoft Research, is the first model to show that a neural network can learn a complete graphics rendering pipeline. It’s designed to support full-featured 3D rendering using only machine learning—no traditional graphics computation required.

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    Breaking the networking wall in AI infrastructure  

    September 9, 2025 | Paolo Costa

    Datacenter memory and network limits are restraining AI system performance. MOSAIC uses microLEDs and a wide-and-slow optical architecture to deliver faster, longer, more reliable, and energy efficient connections that could transform AI cluster designs.

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