Matthew Berman: 12 Open-Source AI Projects You Need to Try Right Now

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Berman curates 12 open-source AI projects spanning local inference, agents, and developer tooling, with hands-on demos of each, aimed at builders who want self-hostable, no-lock-in alternatives to closed platforms. The framing fits the broader post-Fable-5 push toward open-weight models to reduce geopolitical/vendor dependency. (Note: I could not pull the full transcript, so treat the exact 12-project lineup as unconfirmed.)