I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.
eWeek

Major Breakthrough: Google Cracked the Code for Building AI in 400+ Languages

Google’s ATLAS study reveals how languages help each other in AI training, offering scaling laws and pairing insights for ...
MIT Technology Review

OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science

OpenAI just revealed what its new in-house team, OpenAI for Science, has been up to. The firm has released a free LLM-powered ...

ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips

ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.
STAT

Stanford’s health AI validation tools you should know about

Brittany Trang takes a closer look at a constellation of health AI validation tools from Stanford researchers.
Wall Street Journal

Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has privately played down the likelihood the original deal will be finalized, although the two companies will continue to have a close collaboration. Meta Has Been Spending ...