Alyona Vert.
Editor and Social Media Manager Alyona joined Turing Post in April 2024 and quickly became one of the central people behind it. She has a background in aircraft control systems from Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), where she researched helicopter models and dynamics. At Turing Post, Alyona brings engineering rigor to AI writing, helping translate technical systems, research papers, and product shifts into clear, structured analysis. She is most inspired by the use of AI in science. She is also a phenomenal dancer, which is probably relevant: good editing, like good dancing, depends on rhythm, precision, and knowing when to move.
AI 101
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8 min read
Jul 10, 2026
Whisper Model Explained: OpenAI’s Open-Source Speech Recognition Model in 2026
Learn how OpenAI’s Whisper model works, what it does well, where it fails, and how to run Whisper locally or through an API.
AI 101
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16 min read
Jul 6, 2026
VLA Models Explained: Architecture, Types & the Leap to VLA+
What are VLA models? Learn Vision-Language-Action architecture, key systems (π0, Helix, SmolVLA) & the leap to VLA+. Deep dive.
AI 101
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11 min read
Jul 5, 2026
GRPO Explained: Group Relative Policy Optimization
GRPO (Group Relative Policy Optimization) is a critic-free RL algorithm for LLM training. Learn how it works, how it differs from PPO, and its role in DeepSeek-R1
AI 101
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11 min read
Jul 1, 2026
What is Qwen-Agent framework? Inside the Qwen family
Qwen-Agent explained: tool calling, planning, memory, and how to build AI agents with Alibaba's open-source Qwen models — from QwQ-32B to Qwen2.5-VL.
AI 101
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14 min read
Jun 18, 2026
What Is JEPA? Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture
JEPA explained: Yann LeCun's Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture for world modeling. Covers I-JEPA, V-JEPA, MC-JEPA, architecture & key concepts.
AI 101
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17 min read
Jun 13, 2026
AI 101: Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw: Local AI Agents Compared
Hermes Agent vs OpenClaw compared: memory architecture, self-improving skills, scheduling, and safety. Which local AI agent fits your workflow?
AI 101
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13 min read
Jun 4, 2026
What is Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform?
NVIDIA Cosmos is a world foundation model platform for Physical AI: tokenizer, diffusion and autoregressive WFMs, guardrails, and Cosmos 3 omnimodal world model.
AI 101
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11 min read
May 31, 2026
LeJEPA: Provable Self-Supervised Learning Without Heuristic
LeJEPA by Yann LeCun: provably stable self-supervised learning without heuristics. SIGReg, isotropic Gaussian embeddings & world models explained.
