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  • Cloud Blog: The University of Hawaii is helping the state retain top talent with Google AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/the-university-of-hawaii-is-helping-the-state-retain-top-talent-with-google-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: The University of Hawaii is helping the state retain top talent with Google AI Feedly Summary: As the Hawaiian Islands’ primary higher education resource, the University of Hawaii (UH) System faces a unique challenge among U.S. universities: many graduates–including those with deep family roots in Hawaii – are…

  • The Register: MS confidence in Windows 11: Pay us to host VMs for when your desktop inevitably dies

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/ms_confidence_in_windows_11/ Source: The Register Title: MS confidence in Windows 11: Pay us to host VMs for when your desktop inevitably dies Feedly Summary: Windows 365 Reserve offers 10-day cloud PCs when your machine goes kaput – but you’ll still need another device to access them Microsoft is so confident in the reliability and…

  • Slashdot: Boston Public Library Aims To Increase Access To a Vast Historic Archive Using AI

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/12/2050216/boston-public-library-aims-to-increase-access-to-a-vast-historic-archive-using-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Boston Public Library Aims To Increase Access To a Vast Historic Archive Using AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Boston Public Library is partnering with OpenAI and Harvard Law School to digitize historically significant government documents, enhancing their accessibility through AI technology. This initiative aims…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/12/claude-sonnet-4-1m/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context Feedly Summary: Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context Gemini and OpenAI both have million token models, so it’s good to see Anthropic catching up. This is 5x the previous 200,000 context length limit of the…

  • 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…

  • Cloud Blog: Looker debuts MCP Server to broaden AI developer access to data

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/business-intelligence/introducing-looker-mcp-server/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Looker debuts MCP Server to broaden AI developer access to data Feedly Summary: As companies integrate AI into their workflows, connecting new tools to their existing data while ensuring consistent security and accuracy becomes increasingly important. We’re introducing Looker Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, an integration in the…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Releases GPT-5

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/07/1719223/openai-releases-gpt-5?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Releases GPT-5 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s release of GPT-5 represents a substantial advancement in AI technology, boasting notable improvements in both reasoning capabilities and performance benchmarks compared to its predecessors. This update is particularly relevant for professionals focused on AI security and the…

  • The Register: How to run OpenAI’s new gpt-oss-20b LLM on your computer

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/run_openai_gpt_oss_locally/ Source: The Register Title: How to run OpenAI’s new gpt-oss-20b LLM on your computer Feedly Summary: All you need is 24GB of RAM, and unless you have a GPU with its own VRAM quite a lot of patience Hands On Earlier this week, OpenAI released two popular open-weight models, both named gpt-oss.…