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Valeo and KE:SAI launch an open autonomous-driving research collaborationThe collaboration will use reinforcement learning in simulation and trained world models to expose systems to rare and safety-critical driving situations. The partners said they plan to release the code, trained models and datasets as open source.→Hermes Agent 0.21.1 rolls up major agent-runtime and MCP changesHermes Agent 0.21.1 rolls up 5,139 non-merge commits, 4,364 changed files and 632 merged pull requests since version 0.21.0. The release includes file-operation and startup performance work, desktop session controls, browser annotations, MCP authorisation improvements, cron fixes and more reliable delegation.→NVIDIA reportedly nears $12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisitionThe Information reported that NVIDIA agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, while another report said the talks were not signed and could still collapse. Neither company confirmed the transaction to TechCrunch.→Echo acquires Minimus assets to expand hardened open-source software coverageEcho acquired Minimus technology and data to broaden its hardened-artifact operating-system coverage and vulnerability-scanner integrations. Echo said the combined offering will provide distribution-agnostic hardened open-source artefacts, with agents used to investigate vulnerabilities and develop and validate patches.→TIER IV and Renesas pair Autoware with automotive AI compute for software-defined vehiclesTIER IV plans to optimise Autoware and its end-to-end models on R-Car Gen 5, targeting solutions from Level 2+/2++ driver assistance to Level 4 autonomy. The companies plan a demonstration on R-Car X5H at Automotive World 2026; the announcement is a collaboration roadmap rather than a production deployment.→Linux 7.2 ships after an unusually large, AI-heavy development cycleLinux 7.2 was released after Linus Torvalds described the development cycle as unusually large and said AI tools were contributing to review and bug discovery. The kernel adds cache-aware scheduling and support work for Apple M3 and newer graphics and chip platforms, while deprecating AppleTalk and PCMCIA.→