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Function calling turned LLMs from chatbots into action systems—reshaping AI runtimes, security, reasoning models, and specialization.
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The biggest breakthrough enabling mass AI adoption last year was reliable function and tool calling. In 2025, LLMs have far more structured context about us and, crucially, the ability to trigger actions.

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Turn a photo and voice into a convincing talking avatar—then add a second character for dialogue. Here’s what longcat-multi-avatar does best.
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Turn a photo and voice into a convincing talking avatar—then add a second character for dialogue. Here’s what longcat-multi-avatar does best, plus experiments to try.

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A hands-on guide to fine-tuning large language models, covering SFT, DPO, RLHF, and a full Python training pipeline.
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Training an LLM from scratch is expensive and usually unnecessary. This hands-on tutorial shows how to fine-tune pre-trained models using SFT, DPO, and RLHF, with a full Python pipeline built on Hugging Face Transformers. Learn how to prepare data, tune hyperparameters, avoid overfitting, and turn base models into production-ready specialists.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-best-ai-agent-frameworks-for-2026-ranked-by-someone-whos-shipped-with-all-of-them.
LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Pydantic AI, and 8 more. What works, what doesn't, and when to use each.
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LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Pydantic AI, and 8 more. What works, what doesn't, and when to use each.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/openrouters-video-endpoint-the-ask-your-video-anything-model-explained.
Learn how router/video/enterprise processes video over time—identifying objects, actions, and sequences.
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Learn how router/video/enterprise processes video over time—identifying objects, actions, and sequences.

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Learn how to “move the camera” in image edits: 96 viewpoints, smooth transitions, and -30° low-angle shots using Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 Multiple Angles LoRA.
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z-image-turbo-img2img makes image iteration fast: prompt an edit, tune strength, pick steps, set a seed, and export PNG/JPG/WebP.
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z-image-turbo-img2img makes image iteration fast: prompt an edit, tune strength, pick steps, set a seed, and export PNG/JPG/WebP.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-effects-layer-for-image-to-video-what-wan-effects-does-and-when-to-use-it.
Need video but only have photos? wan-effects applies popular visual effects to still images to create dynamic videos—plus tips for picking images that look best
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wan-effects (by fal-ai) turns a single image into a high-quality video with cinematic visual effects. Here’s what it does, best use cases, and what to test first.