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  • Slashdot: Scale AI Lays Off 200 Employees: ‘We Ramped Up Our GenAI Capacity Too Quickly’

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/16/2058240/scale-ai-lays-off-200-employees-we-ramped-up-our-genai-capacity-too-quickly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Scale AI Lays Off 200 Employees: ‘We Ramped Up Our GenAI Capacity Too Quickly’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Scale AI is undergoing significant restructuring, laying off 14% of its workforce while pivoting its generative AI business to improve efficiency and adapt to shifting market demands.…

  • Slashdot: Chinese Authorities Are Using a New Tool To Hack Seized Phones and Extract Data

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/16/2042245/chinese-authorities-are-using-a-new-tool-to-hack-seized-phones-and-extract-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Authorities Are Using a New Tool To Hack Seized Phones and Extract Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new type of malware named Massistant, developed by a Chinese tech company, which is used by authorities to extract sensitive data from seized…

  • Cloud Blog: Build with more flexibility: New open models arrive in the Vertex AI Model Garden

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/deepseek-r1-is-available-for-everyone-in-vertex-ai-model-garden/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Build with more flexibility: New open models arrive in the Vertex AI Model Garden Feedly Summary: In our ongoing effort to provide businesses with the flexibility and choice needed to build innovative AI applications, we are expanding the catalog of open models available as Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) offerings in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Voxtral

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/16/voxtral/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Voxtral Feedly Summary: Voxtral Mistral released their first audio-input models yesterday: Voxtral Small and Voxtral Mini. These state‑of‑the‑art speech understanding models are available in two sizes—a 24B variant for production-scale applications and a 3B variant for local and edge deployments. Both versions are released under the Apache…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Says It Will Use Google’s Cloud For ChatGPT

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/16/2030234/openai-says-it-will-use-googles-cloud-for-chatgpt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Says It Will Use Google’s Cloud For ChatGPT Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s decision to use Google Cloud for ChatGPT and its API illustrates the competitive landscape of cloud computing providers and underscores the growing demand for robust computing power in the AI sector.…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/16/microsoft-is-named-a-leader-in-the-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-endpoint-protection-platforms/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms Feedly Summary: We are honored to be recognized once again as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms—our sixth consecutive year. The post Microsoft is named a…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/07/16/protecting-customers-from-octo-tempest-attacks-across-multiple-industries/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries Feedly Summary: To help protect and inform customers, Microsoft highlights protection coverage across the Microsoft Defender security ecosystem to protect against threat actors like Octo Tempest. The post Protecting customers from Octo Tempest attacks across multiple industries appeared…

  • Slashdot: WeTransfer Backtracks on Terms Suggesting User Files Could Train AI Models After Backlash

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/16/165222/wetransfer-backtracks-on-terms-suggesting-user-files-could-train-ai-models-after-backlash?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: WeTransfer Backtracks on Terms Suggesting User Files Could Train AI Models After Backlash Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: WeTransfer has retracted recent changes to its terms of service that implied user-uploaded files could be utilized for machine learning purposes, responding to widespread backlash. The clarification reassures…

  • Cloud Blog: How to integrate your Cloud SQL for MySQL database with Vertex AI & vector search

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/integrate-your-cloud-sql-with-vertex-ai-and-vector-search/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How to integrate your Cloud SQL for MySQL database with Vertex AI & vector search Feedly Summary: Search is a critical component of many modern applications – whether searching for products in an online storefront, finding solutions to your customers’ support cases, or building the perfect playlist. But…

  • The Register: Google plugs AI into nuclear reactor biz – what could possibly go wrong?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/google_westinghouse_ai_nuclear/ Source: The Register Title: Google plugs AI into nuclear reactor biz – what could possibly go wrong? Feedly Summary: Westinghouse taps Big G’s cloud smarts to speed up atomic plant builds and keep the grid humming While AI systems are known to spew wrong information and make up facts, Google and Westinghouse…