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Block open-sources Berd, desktop AI agent workspace for multiple models

Block open-sources Berd, desktop AI agent workspace for multiple models

Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, released Berd as open-source software under the Apache 2.0 license. The desktop application lets users work with AI agents across different models and tools in a single environment, with locally stored conversation history. It is available now for macOS, Windows and Linux on GitHub, and has reached version 0.6.2 with 91 contributors.

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