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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemma 3 QAT Models

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/19/gemma-3-qat-models/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemma 3 QAT Models Feedly Summary: Gemma 3 QAT Models Interesting release from Google, as a follow-up to Gemma 3 from last month: To make Gemma 3 even more accessible, we are announcing new versions optimized with Quantization-Aware Training (QAT) that dramatically reduces memory requirements while maintaining…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Image segmentation using Gemini 2.5

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/18/gemini-image-segmentation/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Image segmentation using Gemini 2.5 Feedly Summary: Max Woolf pointed out this new feature of the Gemini 2.5 series in a comment on Hacker News: One hidden note from Gemini 2.5 Flash when diving deep into the documentation: for image inputs, not only can the model be…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Researchers Develop Hyper-Efficient AI Model That Can Run On CPUs

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/2224205/microsoft-researchers-develop-hyper-efficient-ai-model-that-can-run-on-cpus?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Researchers Develop Hyper-Efficient AI Model That Can Run On CPUs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has launched BitNet b1.58 2B4T, a highly efficient 1-bit AI model featuring 2 billion parameters, optimized for CPU use and accessible under an MIT license. It surpasses competitors in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Start building with Gemini 2.5 Flash

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/17/start-building-with-gemini-25-flash/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Start building with Gemini 2.5 Flash Feedly Summary: Start building with Gemini 2.5 Flash Google Gemini’s latest model is Gemini 2.5 Flash, available in (paid) preview as gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17. Building upon the popular foundation of 2.0 Flash, this new version delivers a major upgrade in reasoning capabilities, while…

  • Slashdot: ChatGPT Models Are Surprisingly Good At Geoguessing

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/1941258/chatgpt-models-are-surprisingly-good-at-geoguessing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ChatGPT Models Are Surprisingly Good At Geoguessing Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a concerning trend related to the use of OpenAI’s new models, o3 and o4-mini, for deducing locations from images, raising potential privacy issues. The models’ advanced image analysis capabilities combined with…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 27 security announcements at Next ‘25

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-27-security-announcements-next-25/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: 27 security announcements at Next ‘25 Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for April 2025. Today, Google Cloud Security’s Peter Bailey reviews our top 27 security announcements from Next ‘25.As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted…

  • The Register: Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/microsoft_copilot_computer_use/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer? Feedly Summary: Redmond talks up preview of AI agents navigating apps through the UI Microsoft will soon let Copilot agents drive computers through the GUI just like humans – by clicking buttons, selecting menus, and even completing forms on…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting James Betker

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/16/james-betker/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting James Betker Feedly Summary: I work for OpenAI. […] o4-mini is actually a considerably better vision model than o3, despite the benchmarks. Similar to how o3-mini-high was a much better coding model than o1. I would recommend using o4-mini-high over o3 for any task involving vision.…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Unveils o3 and o4-mini Models

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/16/1925253/openai-unveils-o3-and-o4-mini-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Unveils o3 and o4-mini Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s release of the o3 and o4-mini AI models marks a crucial development in AI’s capability to process and analyze images, expanding the scope of their applications. These models can utilize various tools, enhancing their…