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August 19, 2026· Luke Yang

[Naia 0.2.0 Update] Have You Seen This All-in-One Open-Source AI with Real-Time Voice, Video Avatars, Korean Foundation Model Support, Short- and Long-Term Memory, Radio DJ, and Multi-Terminal Workspaces?

Naia 0.2.0 for Windows restores signed automatic updates, includes the v0.1.9 voice payload fixes, and keeps the Settings login main role synchronized.

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August 3, 2026· Luke Yang

How I Prepared for an English Interview with AI—and the Naia Story I Didn’t Get to Tell

I’m sharing the actual process I used to prepare for a Leanpub interview in English with AI, along with my thoughts on Naia that I couldn’t fully express in the book, through the complete interview preparation script and an AI-generated mock interview video.

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July 31, 2026· Luke Yang

AI Pension Reform Experiment Preview: AIPOL by KAPS × Nextain

AIPOL is an open-source AI policy R&D project jointly operated by the Korean Association for Policy Studies and Nextain. We share a pre-field validation using three Korean AI models and introduce our first live policy experiment.

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July 12, 2026· Luke

On Big Tech's Harness Engineering Futility Thesis and Uncritical Next-Generation Loop Advocacy

In AI-driven software engineering, we must distinguish between when harness engineering will disappear and when it must remain. From the perspective of cost, data, and operational responsibility, we re-examine the futility thesis.

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July 9, 2026· Luke

'Harness Engineering'? It's Just Software Engineering — I Wrote a Book

That trendy phrase 'harness engineering'? Peel it back and it's just software engineering. Luke, who builds the open-source naia, wrote a book from naia's real code — the English edition is on Leanpub. From the cover to Chapter 17, the art hides a journey toward welcoming 'Alpha' as a companion.

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June 18, 2026· Luke

Building My Own Deadpool AI That Yells F*** with Naia Omni

Why the official models fall short, what unlock models are, and how — using the newly added model-swap feature in naia-omni — we build a 'Deadpool who yells f***'. Let's do it hands-on together with publicly available materials.

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June 10, 2026· Luke

Naia-OS Open Source First Meetup — Tech Demo and a Declaration of Direction (1st · Online)

We held the first meetup for the Naia-OS open source project, online. It was a gathering where we demonstrated the technology and declared our direction: 'an AI that lives inside your own computer.' Here we wrap up the presentation videos and slides, the Q&A we shared with attendees, and the plans for our soon-to-follow offline 2nd meetup and community operations.

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June 8, 2026· Luke

I Turned KPop Demon Hunters' 'Rumi' into an AI Avatar — Join the First Naia-OS Open-Source Meetup (June 10, 10 PM KST, Online)

I brought 'Rumi' from KPop Demon Hunters to life as an AI avatar using just a VRM file and a few seconds of audio. Watch the naia-0.9-omni-24g voice-cloning demo running on a single RTX 3090 — and join the first Naia-OS open-source meetup (Wednesday, June 10, 10 PM KST, online), where I'm looking for people to help build Naia-OS together.

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June 5, 2026· Luke

Introducing Naia-0.9-Omni-24g: Voice Cloning, Real-Time Conversation, and Skills on an RTX 3090 (Naia v0.1.5)

We're unveiling naia-0.9-omni-24g, a cascade voice module that delivers 30 languages, full-duplex real-time conversation, and real-time voice cloning all on a single consumer GPU (RTX 3090/4090/5090, 24GB). Together with the Naia v0.1.5 update, it brings real-time voice conversation with a 3D avatar, an embedded browser, skills, and MCP.

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May 27, 2026· Luke

Problems and Solutions in AI Coding: The Secrets in Naia's Open Source and Patents

The structural problems we ran into while running a full SDLC with AI. A smarter model alone won't fill these gaps. Our 8 patents are the answers to those gaps.

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May 25, 2026· Luke

Naia Sings — Korean SVS Benchmark First Baseline (Vevo1.5 base, 23 songs evaluated)

Naia is heading toward 'a computer you can share feelings with.' One branch of that is an AI that sings. After one month and five SVS stacks, we measured Vevo1.5 Korean base quality with a 5-dimensional objective framework for the first time. 23-song ranking, framework self-validation, and honest limits — Hard Gate 0/23 passed.

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May 25, 2026· Luke

VentureSquare Interview — The Answer Found After Three Startups, Local AI Assistant Naia

VentureSquare published a long-form interview with Luke Yang, who is building Naia. Three startups, local AI on personal PCs (not the cloud), long-term memory + realtime voice dialogue — the article covers Naia's origin and direction.

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May 22, 2026· Luke

Open-Source AI OS Naia — 93 Days, One Developer — Naia (v0.1.4) Windows Release

9 repositories, 465,000 lines, 93 days, 1 developer. We're releasing the Naia alpha today. If Linux started with 89 files, Naia begins with 9,000. A developer's story of building an AI OS as open source — and asking for your help.

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May 1, 2026· Luke Yang

하네스 엔지니어링 완전 해설 — 탄생·개념·격차·미래를 한 번에

Gemini × Codex × Claude 3자 토론으로 완성한 하네스 엔지니어링 종합 해설. 2026년 2월 탄생부터 개념 공식, 바이브코딩 격차, 개발자·비개발자 차이, 2028년 로드맵까지 한 번에 정리합니다.

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May 1, 2026· Luke Yang

Understanding Harness Engineering through a Case Study of Nextain x Onmam.com AX

A real-world case study of harness engineering built after experiencing an AI-related outage at Onmam.com, used by 13,876 churches nationwide. Explains four types of harnesses—AGENTS.md, Hooks, Alpha Environment, and Skills—from a non-developer's perspective.

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April 27, 2026· luke

Live AI Conversations with Your Own Voice on Your PC! MiniCPM-4.5-omni Ported to vLLM-omni

First-ever port of MiniCPM-4.5-omni to vLLM-omni, running on dual RTX 3090. A local omni model with voice cloning and fine-tuning — the path to an AI VTuber that speaks in your own voice.

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March 28, 2026· Luke

Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Support + MiniCPM-o 4.5 vLLM Challenge — Naia OS's S2S Real-time Voice AI Development Journey

Timed with the launch of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, we reveal how Naia OS came to support real-time voice conversation (S2S/Omni) models. This post covers why we abandoned the STT/TTS pipeline for Omni models, the trials and errors encountered while integrating MiniCPM-o 4.5 into vLLM-omni, and our experiments with AI-native open-source contributions.

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March 18, 2026

The Melancholy of a Vibe Coder in the Age of AI

Software development in the AI era feels like 'vibe coding,' and even computer science majors aren't sure what the best approach is. This post vividly illustrates the reality of AI reviewing code without actually reading it, and the developer's struggle to piece together various unproven methodologies. Ultimately, it reveals the urgent need for objective criteria to measure whether AI-based development truly works, highlighting this as a new challenge for modern software engineering.

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March 7, 2026· Luke

AI-Native Open Source — Open Source Built with AI

In the age of AI, the core premise of open source, 'give back what you get,' is shattering. This post delves into the critical reasons why AI is destroying communities and presents a blueprint for the future development ecosystem with an innovative open-source model designed with AI.

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March 4, 2026· Luke

Naia OS: Dreaming of an Open Source Ecosystem Guarded by AI

Dual licensing, AI context policies, and a community charter draft — the experiments Naia OS conducted for open source in the age of AI.

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March 4, 2026· Luke

Naia OS: I Started Building an OS with AI Coding to Create the AI I Dreamed of as a Kid

From Astro Boy to Cafe Alpha — the story of a boy who dreamed of 'an AI that lives with you,' now building it himself in the age of AI coding. And can open source survive?

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