Topic: AI/ML

Ubuntu is adding AI-powered voice input to all text fields

Ever wished you could talk in to a text field rather than type? Ubuntu 26.10 hears you – quite literally. Canonical’s VP of Engineer Jon Seager, at the Ubuntu Summit, said the distro will soon […]

3 June 2026

Flathub bans AI-coded apps – with some exceptions

You’ll have to sift through fewer vibe-coded apps on Flathub in future, as the store has announced a policy change on software made using AI tools. Flathub, the de-facto place to find and install Flatpak […]

1 June 2026
CIX P1 SBCs.

Canonical share Ubuntu 26.04 concept build for CIX P1 devices

New Ubuntu Concept image for CIX P1 lets you run Ubuntu on Armv9 single-board computers, including the Radxa Orion O6 and Orange Pi 6 Plus.

18 May 2026
Ubuntu AI

Canonical is ‘ramping up’ AI in Ubuntu this year

AI features are coming to Ubuntu in 2026, though Canonical has made clear that the distro is not becoming an AI product. In a community post, Jon Seager, VP of engineering, says the company is […]

27 April 2026

Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app

Your mouth can (probably) say things quicker than your hands can type them, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop, despite most of us thinking nothing of using it […]

19 April 2026
Robots in the sand.

Thunderbolt is an open-source ‘AI client’ from Mozilla’s for-profit arm

Thunderbolt is a new open source AI client from the Mozilla-owned MZLA Technologies aimed at enterprises who want to run self-hosted chatbots on their own infrastructure. MZLA Technologies is the for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that develops […]

16 April 2026
Smart Window option in Firefox web browser.

I tried Firefox’s new AI ‘Smart Window’ in a beta build

Firefox’s new AI-powered ‘Smart Window’ feature is taking shape in development builds – I gave it a hands on in the latest v149.0b7 beta (on macOS). Although Firefox 148 added an AI Switch, Mozilla is […]

12 March 2026

Resources 1.10.2 fixes ‘implausible’ Intel NPU values

Several Intel NPU fixes land in the latest update to Resources, which Ubuntu is making the default system monitor in 26.04 LTS. Resources is a GTK4/libadwaita tool that shows more system usage, processes and hardware […]

8 March 2026

Firefox 148 released with AI kill switch + more

The Firefox 148 update sees its stable release today, bringing with it a much-request ‘AI kill switch’ to easily disable all AI-powered features within the browser. Mozilla has said future updates to the browser will […]

23 February 2026
Firefox logo with AI symbols around it.

You can turn off every Firefox AI feature this month

Firefox 148 adds a new "AI Controls" panel to granularly disable or entirely block AI features with a kill-switch. Opt out of AI when the update drops in February.

2 February 2026

FOSDEM 2026 takes aim at open source burnout and ‘adversarial’ AI

FOSDEM 2026 confronts open-source burnout, the rise of ‘adversarial’ AI, and celebrates 30 years of KDE in one of the even's most packed schedules yet.

25 January 2026
Product show showing AI HATE plus 2 on a Pi 5.

Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 Lets You Run LLMs Locally

The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 costs $130 but with 40 TOPS and 8GB of onboard RAM it can run LLMs like Qwen 2 and DeepSeek R1 locally, opening up new use cases.

15 January 2026