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May
20
The skyline of Bern from the Grosse Schantze on a cloudy day, with one of the displays from University of Bern's quantum physics path (MYON) in the foreground.

125 #opensourceai

Today at BFH in Bern, the Open Source AI Conference 2026 brings us together to share insights, perspectives, and practical experiences.
7 min read
May
20
124 #hackathons #diversity

124 #hackathons #diversity

The effectiveness of civic hackdays depends crucially on how teams are formed. Can diversity be promoted through better support? See what science has to say.
5 min read
Feb
26
123 #winterkongress

123 #winterkongress

Some impressions and my slides from this year's winter congress of the Swiss Digital Society, at the Rote Fabrik in Zurich.
11 min read
Feb
21
122 #amld2026

122 #amld2026

Notes from the Intelligence Summit (AMLD 2026) in Lausanne.
3 min read
Feb
13
Entrance to the AI Center at the EPFL

121 #opensourcellm

My notes from the Open-Source LLM Builders Summit in Lausanne.
19 min read
Jan
26
120 #ailights #spiu

120 #ailights #spiu

A talk on Apertus, Public AI, and a cooperative proposed to connect the two.
6 min read
Jan
13
Retro photo made with Commodore PET style on Retrospecs, shot on an iPhone

119 #apertus #mlx

Getting started with local AI: running Apertus with LM Studio on Apple MLX, with thoughts on the Why, What, and How.
14 min read
Jan
12
118 #apertus #nova 🅰️👁️

118 #apertus #nova 🅰️👁️

An experiment in auto-generating a creative response to a blog post. This text was composed by artificial intelligence under the careful watch of @loleg
5 min read
Jan
11
A woman at an old Macintosh computer in a lovingly recreated 70s home

117 #enter #apple

A winter weekend retro nostalgia, with a few pixellated impressions from a visit to the museum of computing and automotive history in Solothurn.
5 min read
Dec
20
116 #reachy #assembly

116 #reachy #assembly

Unboxing, assembly, and initial impressions of the Reachy Mini desktop robot.
6 min read
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