Content Authenticity Initiative Trustmark With WASI WebGPU - Colin Murphy & Mendy Berger

Presenters Colin Murphy Mendy Berger Source WasmCon NA 2025 Unmasking the Truth: How the Content Authenticity Initiative is Fighting AI Deception 🛡️ In today’s digital landscape, where AI can conjure breathtaking images and videos in a blink, distinguishing reality from fabrication has become a monumental challenge. We’re living in an era where the line between genuine and AI-generated content is increasingly blurred, and the problem is only amplified when metadata – the breadcrumbs of information that tell us about an asset’s origin – gets stripped away during sharing. But fear not, intrepid digital explorers! The Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) is here to shine a light on the truth, armed with innovative technology and a commitment to integrity. 💡 ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min

Does the Component Model Require Extra Copying? - Luke Wagner, Fastly

Presenters Luke Wagner Source WasmCon NA 2025 WebAssembly’s Component Model: Unpacking Efficiency, Security, and the Near-Zero Copy Dream 🚀 WebAssembly (Wasm) has long been the darling of the web, promising blazing-fast performance right in our browsers. But its potential extends far beyond the browser tab! Luke Wagner from Fastly recently took us on a deep dive into the exciting evolution of WebAssembly’s Component Model, tackling a crucial question: does this new paradigm introduce more data copying, or is it paving the way for less? Get ready to explore how Wasm is becoming a powerhouse for server-side applications, cloud-native environments, and so much more, all while keeping efficiency and security at its core. ...

November 24, 2025 · 7 min

Lightning Talk: AI at the Edge: ONNX Inference in WASM on Featherweight K0s - Prashant Ramhit

Presenters Prashant Ramhit Source WasmCon NA 2025 Bringing AI to the High Seas: Coral Restoration Gets a Kubernetes Boost! 🌊🤖 Ever wondered how cutting-edge technology can make a real-world impact on something as vital as coral reef restoration? Well, get ready to be inspired! Prashant from Mirantis recently shared a fascinating deep-dive into how they leveraged AI at the edge, powered by ONNX inference on K0S, to create an intelligent, self-sufficient monitoring system for a coral restoration project. It’s a story of innovation, cost-effectiveness, and the power of open-source solutions. ...

November 24, 2025 · 4 min

Lightning Talk: Composable, Polyglot Concurrency with WASIp3 - Thorsten Hans & Karthik Ganeshram

Presenters Thorsten Hans Karthik Ganeshram Source WasmCon NA 2025 Composable, Polyglot Magic: Unlocking Efficiency with Razi P3! 🚀 Ever felt like your applications are stuck in their own little silos, unable to talk to each other efficiently? Or maybe you’ve wrestled with getting different programming languages to play nicely together without a mountain of boilerplate code? Well, buckle up, because we’re diving into the exciting world of composable, polyglot architectures with Razi P3, and it’s a game-changer! ✨ ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min

Si Vis Pacem, Adde Rete -- If You Want Peace, Add a Mesh! - Flynn, Buoyant & Bailey Hayes, Cosmonic

Presenters Flynn Bailey Hayes Source WasmCon NA 2025 Unlocking the Power of WebAssembly with Linkerd: A Secure, Observable Future 🚀 Ever felt like your microservices were a bit too… exposed? You’re not alone! The modern cloud-native landscape, with its intricate web of services, demands robust security, unwavering reliability, and crystal-clear observability. And when you throw cutting-edge technologies like WebAssembly (Wasm) into the mix, things can get even more interesting. That’s exactly what we explored in a recent deep dive, focusing on the powerful synergy between Linkerd, the service mesh that just works, and WebAssembly (Wasm), specifically orchestrated by WasmCloud on Kubernetes. Forget writing complex networking code or wrestling with security configurations – this is about letting your applications do what they do best, while a battle-hardened service mesh handles the heavy lifting. ...

November 24, 2025 · 5 min