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  • Slashdot: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/025214/how-python-is-fighting-open-sources-phantom-dependencies-problem?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Python is Fighting Open Source’s ‘Phantom’ Dependencies Problem Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Python Software Foundation is addressing the “phantom dependencies” issue in software packages by introducing the Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) through Python Enhancement Proposal 770. This initiative enhances metadata accessibility, making it easier…

  • Slashdot: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/0037258/1m-stolen-in-industrial-scale-crypto-theft-using-ai-generated-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: $1M Stolen in ‘Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft’ Using AI-Generated Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a sophisticated cybercrime operation, GreedyBear, which utilizes a highly coordinated strategy, weaponizing browser extensions and phishing sites to facilitate industrial-scale crypto theft. The group’s innovative techniques, including the modification…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-4B-Thinking: "This is art – pelicans don’t ride bikes!"

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/10/qwen3-4b/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-4B-Thinking: "This is art – pelicans don’t ride bikes!" Feedly Summary: I’ve fallen a few days behind keeping up with Qwen. They released two new 4B models last week: Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 and its thinking equivalent Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507. These are relatively tiny models that punch way above their weight. I’ve…

  • The Register: How OpenAI used a new data type to cut inference costs by 75%

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/10/openai_mxfp4/ Source: The Register Title: How OpenAI used a new data type to cut inference costs by 75% Feedly Summary: Decision to use MXFP4 makes models smaller, faster, and more importantly, cheaper for everyone involved Analysis Whether or not OpenAI’s new open weights models are any good is still up for debate, but…

  • Slashdot: Google Says Its AI-Based Bug Hunter Found 20 Security Vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/1947230/google-says-its-ai-based-bug-hunter-found-20-security-vulnerabilities Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says Its AI-Based Bug Hunter Found 20 Security Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s Big Sleep, an LLM-based vulnerability researcher, reported 20 vulnerabilities in popular open-source software, marking a significant advancement in automated vulnerability discovery. This highlights the increasing efficacy of AI tools in…

  • Docker: Remocal and Minimum Viable Models: Why Right-Sized Models Beat API Overkill

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/remocal-minimum-viable-models-ai/ Source: Docker Title: Remocal and Minimum Viable Models: Why Right-Sized Models Beat API Overkill Feedly Summary: A practical approach to escaping the expensive, slow world of API-dependent AI The $20K Monthly Reality Check You built a simple sentiment analyzer for customer reviews. It works great. Except it costs $847/month in API calls…

  • Slashdot: AI Industry Horrified To Face Largest Copyright Class Action Ever Certified

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/2040214/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Industry Horrified To Face Largest Copyright Class Action Ever Certified Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the potential repercussions of a major copyright class action lawsuit against Anthropic, which could significantly impact the entire AI industry. Claims from industry groups suggest that if…

  • Cloud Blog: Google is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/google-is-a-leader-in-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-scps/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services Feedly Summary: For the eighth consecutive year, Gartner® has named Google a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services, and this year Google is also now ranked the highest for…