Updates from the Tinyverse - August 2021

It's been a busy couple of weeks since our last update, but check out all the cool new stuff we’ve been up to!

Rune Core

After a lot of background work, the Rust runtime now has hardware support for doing inference. That means you can now take advantage of devices like the Coral which have dedicated Edge Tensor Processing Units. We are also on our way to benchmark various inference backends.

Our core tooling has always compiled on stable Rust, however compiling no_std libraries to WebAssembly with support for an allocator still requires nightly (for the #[alloc_error_handler] attribute). Until now, it was the user’s responsibility to install the correct nightly version and the wasm32-unknown-unknown target, but as of the 0.5.0 release the rune CLI will automatically install them when required.

Rune in the Browser

Runes are now running in the browser, supporting both Tflite and tf.js models. Our Runic.js app runs on mobile and desktop platforms and supports video and audio input. Check it out @ https://runicjs.web.app. We are finalizing support for multiple input/output runes!

Runic Mobile

The new version of the runic with support for multiple inputs and outputs is now available in the iOS app store and Google play store. Check out the cool style_transfer rune! Here is a tutorial that shows you how to get started!

ML and Use Cases

• There are new NLP models using multi-model/input support.

• We added support for Style Transfer. This allows you to take a picture and make it look like a piece of art. Check out our piece below - Picasso meets Van Gogh!

  

• We are investigating different security mechanisms that allow you to protect the intellectual property of a trained neural network.

The Team

• We have added another amazing hacker to our roster who will be working on security, telemetry, and orchestration.

• We are going to be engaging with one of the best Rust crew out there to start stabilizing Rune! You will see them soon on our Github!

Community

• We have officially surpassed the 300+ mark with the number of times the rune repo was cloned. More people are using our software and we couldn’t be more ecstatic! Join our discord where we have a fantastic team of incredible engineers who can help you with your own rune project.

• We have a TikTok AI Art Campaign coming soon! More details will be revealed! Follow us on Twitter to be sure you don’t miss out on all the fun!

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